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+class Object
+ # Makes backticks behave (somewhat more) similarly on all platforms.
+ # On win32 `nonexistent_command` raises Errno::ENOENT; on Unix, the
+ # spawned shell prints a message to stderr and sets $?. We emulate
+ # Unix on the former but not the latter.
+ def `(command) #:nodoc:
+ super
+ rescue Errno::ENOENT => e
+ STDERR.puts "#$0: #{e}"
+ end
+end
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