Backticks failing in Ruby built with VC++ 8

Ruby
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Hi all,

Ruby 1.8.5 p12
Windows XP SP2

I’m getting a segfault when I use the backtick operator in a Ruby built
with VC++ 8:

pwd = pwd.chomp

It works fine with the one click (VC++ 6).

Is anyone else seeing this behavior? I want to make sure I haven’t done
something silly before officially filing this as a bug report. If it is
a bug, I’m guessing I need to examine the CreateChild function in Ruby’s
win32.c file. Please point me to the appropriate location if that’s not
correct.

Thanks,

Dan

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On Jan 27, 2007, at 19:55, Daniel B. wrote:

It works fine with the one click (VC++ 6).

Is anyone else seeing this behavior? I want to make sure I haven’t
done something silly before officially filing this as a bug
report. If it is a bug, I’m guessing I need to examine the
CreateChild function in Ruby’s win32.c file. Please point me to the
appropriate location if that’s not correct.

Isn’t pwd a shell builtin on WinXP?

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Eric H. - [email protected] - http://blog.segment7.net

I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!

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Eric H. wrote:

It works fine with the one click (VC++ 6).

Is anyone else seeing this behavior? I want to make sure I haven’t
done something silly before officially filing this as a bug report.
If it is a bug, I’m guessing I need to examine the CreateChild
function in Ruby’s win32.c file. Please point me to the appropriate
location if that’s not correct.

Isn’t pwd a shell builtin on WinXP?
Yes. Is that significant?

Dan

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Nobuyoshi N. wrote:

Active code page: 437
C:\Documents and Settings\nobu>ver

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

C:\Documents and Settings\nobu>pwd
‘pwd’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Oh, you’re right (I got it from Unix Utils). But, it doesn’t matter. It
happens with any command. I tried ‘dir’, ‘path’, etc.

Regards,

Dan

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On Jan 27, 2007, at 20:14, Daniel B. wrote:

pwd = pwd.chomp
Yes. Is that significant?
It seems to be.

ruby -v works for me, but pwd doesn’t.

–
Eric H. - [email protected] - http://blog.segment7.net

I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!

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Hi,

At Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:14:14 +0900,
Daniel B. wrote in [ruby-talk:236504]:

Isn’t pwd a shell builtin on WinXP?
Yes. Is that significant?

Really?

C:\Documents and Settings\nobu>us
Active code page: 437
C:\Documents and Settings\nobu>ver

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

C:\Documents and Settings\nobu>pwd
‘pwd’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

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Eric H. wrote:

Isn’t pwd a shell builtin on WinXP?
Yes. Is that significant?

It seems to be.

ruby -v works for me, but pwd doesn’t.

As I responded to Nobu, it happens with any command. Besides, ‘pwd’
works if you’re using the Windows PowerShell. :slight_smile:

Dan