From: Kyle Cordes <kyle@...>
Date: 2001-12-03T11:20:43+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27308] Using Ruby as a CGI under Windows/IIS

I'm trying to run a Ruby CGI script under Windows 2000 / IIS.  I am
using the latest (Dec. 1) download of Win32 Ruby from the Pragmatic
Programmer's web site.  (I would use something persistant (like
mod_ruby) etc. on Linux/unix for production use, but simple CGI under
Windows would be good for development.)

I have set up the appropriate mapping in IIS like so:

..rb -> c:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe %s %s

I have Perl, Python, and PHP all working under this web server as CGI's
(it's my development machine), and am familiar with adminstration of
IIS, so I think I have it configured correctly.

When I try to invoke a ruby script with a URL like so:

http://localhost/ruby/t1.rb

I get an error like this:

-----
CGI Error
The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set
of HTTP headers. The headers it did return are:
c/ruby/bin/ruby: No such file or directory -- C:\web\sites\ruby\t1.rb
(LoadError)
---

(The details of the directories aren't important.  The file certainly
does exist in that directory.)

If I hard-code the mapping like so:

..rb -> c:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe C:\web\sites\ruby\t1.rb

I still get the same error.  But if I move the file to the root
directory, then change the mapping to this:

..rb -> c:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe /t1.rb

The CGI script runs.

If I type this as the command line:

c:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe C:\web\sites\ruby\t1.rb

the script runs (in the command window, not under CGI of course).


It appears that, for some reason, when IIS passes the name of the script
to ruby.exe, ruby.exe is unable to understand or find the file, even
though it can display the file name.  (rubyw.exe generates the same
error)

Any ideas?  Does Ruby have some objection to Windows-style pathnames?

Related question: Which Windows Ruby distribution should I be using?
The one at pragmaticprogrammer.com?  Is there another?

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