From: darren kirby <bulliver@...>
Date: 2007-08-20T11:22:31+09:00
Subject: Re: how can I open a local file?

quoth the Zhan feng Wang:
> Hi,friends,
> how can I get the path of a local file, so that I can open and read the
> file?
> in my webpage I have following:
> <form name="myInput" method="POST">
>         <pre>
> Select A File:  <input name="fname" type="file"  value="start">
>     <input type="button" name="Go" value="Go!" >
>         </pre>
> </form>
>
> And e.g. I will get the fname="/home/wym/exdir/ruby/file1.rb", here the
> path if local, how can I get the IP of the local path if my
> ip="http://127.0.0.1"?
>
> Thanks

Hi. 

I guess you may want to browse the CGI docs. [0], [1]. If that doesn't help 
then perhaps you need to formulate your question a bit clearer. I, for one, 
am not sure what you mean by "get the IP of the local path".

[0] http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/CGI.html
[1] http://www.whytheluckystiff.net/ruby/pickaxe/html/lib_network.html#S3

-d
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