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instance method

Process::Status#to_s

stat.to_s → string

static VALUE
pst_to_s(VALUE st)
{
    rb_pid_t pid;
    int status;
    VALUE str;

    pid = pst_pid(st);
    status = PST2INT(st);

    str = rb_str_buf_new(0);
    pst_message(str, pid, status);
    return str;
}

Show pid and exit status as a string.

Example

system("false")
p $?.to_s         #=> "pid 12766 exit 1"

See also #to_i #termsig also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1

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