Ruby

Getting version from PE executables
Hi. I'm trying to get file version from EXE or DLL files, writing a ruby script (to run it in Linux). My code is: fd = File.open(ARGV[0], "rb") size = File.size(fd) # signature VS_VERSION_INFO sig = [ ?V, ?S, ?_, ?V, ?E, ?R, ?S, ?I, ?O, ?N, ?_, ?I, ?N, ?F, ?O, ] fd.pos=0 data=fd.read(... 2 Nov 2009 01:23

Ruby doesn't implement x++ for Fixnum's because ???
Hi, In The Well Grounded Rubyist (which, along with The Ruby Way, I love), Dave Black presents a justification for the x++ omission in Ruby. I thought I'd see whether I could implement just the incrementing portion of C's x++ functionality (without the prefix/ postfix issues) in pure Ruby. I wasn’t willing t... 21 Nov 2009 09:12

Thread error "undefined method `keys' for nil:NilClass"
Hi all I have this prog taken from a book. require 'net/http' pages = ["www.rubycentral.com", "www.awl.com", "www.davidecasale.com"] threads = [] pages.each do |page| threads << Thread.new(page) { |myPage| h = Net::HTTP.new(myPage, 80) puts "Fetching: #{myPage}" resp, data = h.get(... 29 Oct 2009 13:09

Using multicore CPUs in parallel tasks
Hi, I've been reading around a bit but couldn't find a solution that worked, so here goes: I am running ruby 1.8 and want to make full use of a quad core CPU (64bit, Ubuntu) in a task that lends itself to multithreading/multicore use. It's basically an array of objects that are each use in a fairly CPU int... 3 Nov 2009 14:51

Open an explorer window
Does anyone know how to open a windows explorer window with Ruby? What I want to do is to open up the folder in which I just copied some files. any ideas would be very helpful. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. ... 29 Oct 2009 08:43

Ruby can't subtract ?
I found this blog entry: http://raveendran.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/ruby-big-decimal/ Which shows the following.. irb(main):011:0> require 'bigdecimal' => true irb(main):012:0> x = BigDecimal("123.6") - BigDecimal("123") => #<BigDecimal:28c5b84,'0.6E0',4(16)> irb(main):013:0> puts x.to_f 0.6 => nil irb(main... 1 Nov 2009 08:53

read attached document from .eml file
Hi, I have to read .eml file with ruby in order to get and extract attachements, does anything exist on this subject ? Thanks in advance , Nicolas -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. ... 29 Oct 2009 07:38

Test your ruby skill
Hi, Anybody interested to take ruby test then go ahead Test your ruby skill --> http://bit.ly/2gptTV Post your answers via comments Thanks -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. ... 30 Oct 2009 09:58

Ruby FFI: fixed size char array inside struct
(I dind't find an official Ruby FFI mailing-list so I try here) I have a char array baked into a struct (not a pointer), and I have problems describing it in a layout. struct { uint8 Value; uint8 String[SIZE_OF_ARRAY]; } MyArray_t; The only thing I've come up with is to have a dummy variable at the end... 28 Oct 2009 09:32

miniruby
Is miniruby needed to install ruby for Unix? If so, where can I find it? Thanks. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. ... 28 Oct 2009 17:21