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Message: [QUOTE="anne001, post: 4513129"] Thanks I was able to figure out the () once the [] part became clear to me. 1. I need some help running parse_journal.rb from parse_user.rb: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I run the parse_journal.rb program: ruby parse_journal.rb "meep" "mizalaina" I get: meep mizalaina [URL]http://meep.livejournal.com/1328508.html?thread=2564732#t2564732[/URL] Ha ha ha! Awesome quote. the first two output lines echo the arguments, the program starts with ----------------------> require 'net/http' person= ARGV[0] watch_for= ARGV[1] puts person puts watch_for .... but when I try to execute parse_office.rb from parse_user.rb I don't get anything friend_arr.each do |friend| if friend == "meep" print "Parsing #{friend}'s. journal for #{person}'s. comments...\n"; f=File.new("#{person}_#{friend}.txt","w") f.puts %x[ruby parse_journal.rb #{friend} #{person}] f.close end end ie I only get Parsing meep's. journal for mizalaina's. comments... the puts in the parse_journal.rb are at the start of the file and should execute right away. What is the problem, why do the puts not execute, how do I debug this? 2. Where can I find information for ruby to help me meet the journal's bot requirements: a) webcrawlers should only make 5 get per second, b) cache the results of the bot's requests c) well formed user agent which includes contact email address for the bot maintainer. thank you for your help! [/QUOTE]

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