It worked perfectly. It created a new process, that process changed its directory, and then exited ;-)
Maybe you want Dir.chdir? On Sep 6, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Love U Ruby <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried Kernel#`` but not working `cd` command. > > kirti@kirti-Aspire-5733Z:~$ irb --simple-prompt >>> `pwd` > => "/home/kirti\n" >>> var = `cd 'ruby'` > => "" >>> var > => "" >>> `pwd` > => "/home/kirti\n" >>> > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/c2a18c425af36a29cf9b86cadf1e6611%40ruby-forum.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Scott Ribe [email protected] http://www.elevated-dev.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/34832BF0-B4AC-4C29-B415-FB1F20CB4188%40elevated-dev.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

