From: PerfectDayToChaseTornados <noone@...>
Date: 2007-03-23T05:20:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Webrick problem, PREMATURE END OF SCRIPT HEADERS


"Kevin Layman" <kwlayman@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:d069c243a419b320e40fc9de0a2e6b8d@ruby-forum.com...
> I've downloaded and installed Ruby (v1.8.5) w/the latest Windows
> installer and am trying to run some cgi's per these examples:
> http://microjet.ath.cx/webrickguide/html/CGIHandler.html
>
> I keep getting HTTP 500 - Internal server error, and in the Ruby command
> line PREMATURE END OF SCRIPT HEADERS.
>
> I've got the path to the Ruby executable in test.cgi, and the next line
> outputs a valid header, and this cgi will execute correctly when run by
> Webrick directly.  Programs are below.
>
>
> test.cgi:
> #!g:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe
> print "Content-type: text/plain\r\n\r\n"
> ENV.keys.sort.each{|k| puts "#{k} ==> #{ENV[k]}"}
>
> cgi_handler.rb:
> require 'webrick'
>
> include WEBrick    # let's import the namespace so
>                   # I don't have to keep typing
>                   # WEBrick:: in this documentation.
>
> def start_webrick(config = {})
>  # always listen on port 8080
>  config.update(:Port => 8080)
>  server = HTTPServer.new(config)
>  yield server if block_given?
>  ['INT', 'TERM'].each {|signal|
>    trap(signal) {server.shutdown}
>  }
>  server.start
>
> end
>
> #start_webrick(:DocumentRoot =>
> "g:/infoproweb/webfolder/cgi-bin/ruby",:CGIInterpreter =>
> "g:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe")
> start_webrick(:DocumentRoot => "g:/infoproweb/webfolder/")
>
>
> start_webrick {|server|
>  #cgi_dir = File.expand_path('~/cgi-bin/ruby')
>  cgi_dir = "g:/infoproweb/webfolder/cgi-bin/ruby"
>  server.mount("/cgi-bin/ruby", HTTPServlet::FileHandler, cgi_dir,
>    {:FancyIndexing=>true})
> }
>
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You probably have something else already running on that port. Either start 
Webrick on a different port or stop whatever is bound to that port.

-- 
pdtct