timedaemon.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

# probeersel van weleer.

current_terminal = `tty`.gsub(/\n/, '')
dev_handle = IO.sysopen(current_terminal, "w")
io_stream = IO.new(dev_handle, "w")

Process.daemon

while true do
    io_stream.print "Howdy World #{RUBY_VERSION}"
    sleep(1)
end