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Message: [QUOTE="Michael Ulm, post: 4450789"] Is there a ruby way of firing up a process and then forget about it? I have a program that processes some data, and sometimes forks off a process that creates a file from part of the data. I want then to automatically open a text editor on that file. Rubys involvement with the file stops there. However, making just a system call to start the editor lets the thread hang around until the user closes the editor. This seems a bit of a waste of resources. I need a platform independent solution btw, since this should run (at least) on three different hardware/OS combinations. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Ulm R&D Team ISIS Information Systems Austria tel: +43 2236 27551-219, fax: +43 2236 21081 e-mail: [email]michael.ulm@isis-papyrus.com[/email] Visit our Website: [URL="http://www.isis-papyrus.com"]www.isis-papyrus.com[/URL] [/QUOTE]