Redirecting the input works better on both Windows and Unix than cat, to my
earlier point.
-Greg
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On Jun 28, 2013, at 4:58 PM, "Randolph M. Fritz" <randolph...@panix.com> wrote:
> Rob Guglielmetti <rob.guglielmetti@...> writes:
>
>>
>> I am silly. This vestigial code is still in OpenStudio, for "Radiance
> Classic" calcs with a continuous sky:
>>
>> catCommand = "cat"
>> if /mswin/.match(RUBY_PLATFORM) or /mingw/.match(RUBY_PLATFORM)
>> catCommand = "type"
>> end
>>
>> system("#{catCommand} ./numeric/#{space_name}.map | rtrace #{rtrace_args} …")
>
> boy, was that last remark off-target.
>
> I don't understand how that code can work? Does something in that
> implementation of "system" convert slashes to backslashes?
>
> Anyhow, in this case, could one just perhaps divert rtrace's input?
>
> system("rtrace #{rtrace_args} < ./numeric/#{space_name}.map")
>
> Or would that fail?
>
>
>
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