Ruby Sketchup ... exit

Question

The following script is executed within Sketchup as a ruby script.

notepad = File.absolute_path("notepad.exe", "C:/Windows")
puts "fileName :"+notepad
exec((notepad))

When closing the notepad.exe windows ... it also close/quit Sketchup. How to only close notepad.exe and not Sketchup ?

Thks

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '18 at 08:36

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You are using exec to run notepad, but according to documentation exec replaces the current process. Try running the command using system method instead - it executes command in a subshell

answered Feb 01 '18 at 08:36

Aliaksei Kliuchnikau

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I'll try that asap. thks – user1803095 Feb 01 '18 at 18:39
yes, it did works for me I can quit an external program (ie notepad.exe) without quiting SKU – user1803095 Feb 21 '18 at 18:17
@user1803095 nice! If it worked for you then please mark the answer as accepted so that people on stackoverflow will know the solution worked – Aliaksei Kliuchnikau Feb 21 '18 at 19:15

Ruby Sketchup ... exit

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