From: Greg Millam <walker@...>
Date: 2002-12-14T04:11:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Can an .rbx file send it's own code?

On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Chris Pine wrote:

> I was wondering if there's a way to make a web page (generated in Ruby) with
> a link which, when clicked, would send itself... not the generated page, but
> the actual page-generating Ruby program, the whole .rbx file.

--
#!/usr/bin/ruby
# putfile.rbx
puts "Content-type: text/plain/n/n"
filename = cgi['filename']

goodfiles = ['scriptone.rbx','foo.rbx','bar.rbx','baz.rbx']
if goodfiles.index(filename,'r')
  fd = open(filename)
  puts fd.readlines
  fd.close
else
  puts "You do not have permission to read that file"
end
--

Then in your scripts
--
# foo.rbx
..
..
puts "<a href=\"putfile.rbx?filename=$0\">Source code to this file</a>"
..
--

Hope that helps.

- Greg.

--
Greg Millam
walker at deafcode.com