[ruby-talk:10287] Re: configure shebang paths for apache cgi?

On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 03:30:43AM +0900, Morris, Chris wrote:
> > 
> > 	#!/usr/bin/env ruby
> > 
> I'd seen the #!/usr/bin/env ruby in the pickaxe book, but this ain't flyin'
> on my Linux box (but I'm truly a Linux idiot ... so I'm sure it's me...)
> 

For that to work, you need 'ruby' in your $PATH.  Try "which ruby".
If you see something like

	which: no ruby in (/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin: ...)

then you need to add 'ruby's parent directory to your $PATH - on 
Linux, probably by modifying '~/.bashrc'.  Also, your
"#!/usr/bin/env ruby" script won't work under 'cron' or CGI unless
you've set up an environment with a $PATH containing 'ruby' for it 
to run under.  For CGI scripts, or any script to be run by a 
privileged user, you should probably state an explicit path to 
'ruby' - something like "#! /usr/local/bin/ruby" - rather than the 
"/usr/bin/env" thing, which is a potential security hole.
 
> Chris

David S.