From: John Feezell <JohnFeezell@3wplace.com>
Date: 2002-12-09T12:04:15+09:00
Subject: Re: eRuby (making it work -- file extensions)

The following site gives information on the .htaccess file.
It is used with the Apache web server.
http://apache-server.com/tutorials/ATusing-htaccess.html

Your file name is given as "first_steps.html"  but for eRuby
it should be rhtml, i.e., "first_steps.rhtml" and for 
Ruby the file extension should be either .rb or .rbx with
.rbx being the "preferred" one, I believe.

Also be sure for any Ruby files (.rbx) that the permissions are
set to 755.  On the eRuby files (.rhtml) should be set so that
the owner can rw., the group can r.., and other can r.. that is
mod 644.

To verify that you can access the site via the browser, create
the following file and place it in the directory.  Then in
the browser enter the URL:
http://your.host.com/~dcarrera/ruby/0.2/index.html

Create index.html using the following:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Test Access</title>
</head>
<body>
Testing access via the browser.
</body>
</html>

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12/8/2002 3:18:50 PM, Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@math.umd.edu> wrote:

>Thanks.  But what is a '.htaccess' file?
>
>After I created it I couldn't view any of my webpages online.
>The browser said:
>
>Forbidden
>You don't have permission to access /~dcarrera/ruby/0.2/first_steps.html
>on this server.
>
>Perhaps I have to add something to the .htaccess file to make the files
>world readable?
>
>Daniel Carrera
>Graduate Teaching Assisant.  Math Dept.
>University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137
>
>On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, John Feezell wrote:
>
>> After much time and numereous attempts, I did the following to get both
>> Ruby and eRuby working for me.
>>
>> What follows assumes telnet access and a directory (cgi-bin for me) 
that
>> is recognized by the system as an active cgi script directory.
>>
>> Start description ==============================
>> 1.  installed Ruby using the -prefix=/my/path/to/ruby directory option
>>     If you need to, use ./configure --help to review options.
>>
>> 2.  installed eRuby
>>     If necessary, change the shebang #! line in configure.rb
>>     to point to the location of ruby, i.e.,
>>     #!/my/path/to/ruby
>>
>> 3.  created a .htaccess file in my "webdocuments" directory that 
contained
>>
>> AddHandler cgi-script  rb rbx
>>
>> AddHandler application/x-httpd-eruby .rhtml
>> Action application/x-httpd-eruby /cgi-bin/eruby
>>
>> 4.  moved eRuby to my cgi-bin directory
>>
>> 5.  created GetEnv.rhtml containing:
>> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
>> <html>
>> <head>
>> <title>eruby example</title>
>> </head>
>> <body>
>> <h1>Enumeration</h1>
>> <ul>
>> <%(1..10).each do|i|%>
>> <li>number <%=i%></li>
>> <%end%>
>> </ul>
>> <h1>Environment variables</h1>
>> <table>
>> <%ENV.keys.sort.each do |key|%>
>> <tr>
>> <th><%=key%></th><td><%=ENV[key]%></td>
>> </tr>
>> <%end%>
>> </table>
>> </body>
>> </html>
>>
>> 6.  created testRuby.rbx containing:
>> #!/my/path/to/ruby
>> # This is a working ruby script running ruby script with
>> # extension .rb or .rbx
>> # If the key for ENV does not exist, then ruby returns nil.
>> # It requires the following modification to .htaccess in www
>> # AddHandler cgi-script rb rbx
>> #
>>
>> require 'date'
>> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"
>> d = Date.new(2000, 3, 31)
>> print $:,'</p>'
>> print ENV['RUBYPATH'],'</br>'
>> print [d.year, d.yday, d.wday]
>> print "this is a test.", ENV['PATH'], "prefix= ",ENV['prefix'],"<br>"
>>   names = ["john", "mary", "", 4]
>>   data = [1, 2, 3, 4]
>>        data.each do  |i |
>>        print i, "    ", names[i-1],"<br>"
>>        end
>> print "<h1>Environment variables</h1><table>"
>> ENV.keys.sort.each do |key|
>> print "<tr><th>",key,"</th><td>", ENV[key], "</td>"
>> print "</tr>"
>> end
>> print "</table>"
>>
>> 7. Ran GetEnv.rhtml and testRuby.rbx
>>
>> 8. They worked.
>>    WOW! EXCITEMENT!
>>    PHYSICAL EXPRESSIONS OF JOY!
>>    GREAT SENSE OF SATISFACTION! YES! WELL DONE!
>>
>> 9. Hope you have the same result -- a sense of accomplishment
>>    and the joy of working with Ruby and eRuby.
>> End description =============================
>>
>>
>> 12/7/2002 8:14:51 PM, Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@math.umd.edu> wrote:
>>
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >I want to try out eRuby.  I am only a regular user, so I can't install
>> >mod_ruby and I can't mess with Apache.
>> >
>> >However, I have enough space in my home directory to install eRuby.
>> >
>> >Can anyone tell me how I can use eRuby with what I have?
>> >
>> >One thought is to make a cgi program which simply calls eRuby and then
>> >outputs what ever eRuby returns.  This solution is a bit ugly though.
>> >Plus, I'd have trouble if I ever want the eRuby program to receive CGI
>> >parameters.
>> >
>> >Thanks for the help.
>> >
>> >Daniel Carrera
>> >Graduate Teaching Assisant.  Math Dept.
>> >University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137
>> >
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