From: Josef 'Jupp' Schugt Date: 2003-05-07T09:32:17+09:00 Subject: Re: Pure ruby stream compression library? Saluton! * Brian Candler ; 2003-05-06, 22:27 UTC: > If you don't have shell access, try uploading this: > system "#{c['command'][0]} 2>&1" With server setup done properly that will not work. Not because this is blocked but because you are in a jail without compilers and the like. Besides that running arbitrary commands may violate the terms of use of your provider. Just my 0.02 questionmarks (that is a running gag in Europe - many systems display the euro symbol identical to a question mark). Gis, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt -- e-mails that do not contain plain text, are larger than 50 KiB, are unsolicited, or contain binarys are ignored unless payment from your side or technical reasons give rise to a non-standard treatment.