From: Bart Meyers Date: 2007-03-27T19:20:28+09:00 Subject: Tar2RubyScript: Path to original executable & browser issues Getting the path to the original executable is possible with the script described here: http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/tar2rubyscript/index.html#3.2.0 I work with a rails application that consist of a executable and some loose files (images, movies) on a dvd. With the above-mentioned script I can reach the absolute path (ie a path to the dvd) to these files by using "oldlocation". Great! However, my application runs through localhost and most browsers treat this address like any other internet address, with all security options on. This means, among other things, that the browser will not execute/render/show files whos path is an _absolute_ path to a file on my system. Otherwise, any internet site could execute any file on my system. In many browsers, we can just add local host to a list of safe sites, but I don't want every user of my application to have to change their browser's settings. So, is there any way to solve this problem? Maybe the path can be made "relative", if it can have the prefix "http://localhost:3000/", so the browser thinks this is just another path "to a file on that particular server"? Any ideas on this browser problem? Bart -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.