From: Simon Strandgaard <0bz63fz3m1qt3001@...>
Date: 2003-05-30T17:47:21+09:00
Subject: Re: output redirection within mod_ruby

On Fri, 30 May 2003 18:32:13 +0900, Ian Macdonald wrote:
 
> Unfortunately, the output of the binary called by system does not get
> sent to the browser, even though the binary sends its output to stdout.
> Presumably, mod_ruby is discarding the output.

I had kind_of? same problem, so I made a wrapper for system/backquote. 


the code for 'system' is here:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/metaeditor/experiments/cpp_embed_ruby/test/output/b.rb?rev=1.29&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

unittesting here.. some examples of how to use it.
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/metaeditor/experiments/cpp_embed_ruby/test/output/testall.rb?rev=1.15&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup


You will need to overload 'system' + 'Kernel#system' + 'backquote'


def my_own_system(cmd, *args)
	p cmd
	p args
end

# overload 'system'
def system(cmd, *args)
	my_own_system(cmd, *args)
end

# overload 'backquote'
def `(cmd)
	my_own_system(cmd)
end

system("hello", "42")
`world`  


--
Simon Strandgaard