I was trying to deploy a shell-script (in bash) along with a gem.
rubygem
creates a wrapper and tries to execute it as a ruby program.
Searching brought me to the “exec” method (stackoverflow). I tried
wrapping the script in a string using %q but this gave errors (I suppose
since this is a bash script, “exec” uses /bin/sh).
Kernel.exec %q{
… several lines of bash
}
I then tried to force exec to use “bash” but this just prints out the
whole string and says “file name too long”. I guess it takes the string
as a file name.
Kernel.exec ‘/bin/bash’, %q{
… several lines of bash
}
What am I doing wrong? Is there a cleaner way of deploying a script
along with a rubygem ?
R. Kumar wrote in post #1153828:
I was trying to deploy a shell-script (in bash) along with a gem.
rubygem
What am I doing wrong?
put the string in a file and execute it:
File.write("/tmp/a.sh",script_string)
need a chmod ?
system("/bin.bash","-c","/tmp/a.sh")
Is there a cleaner way of deploying a script
along with a rubygem ?
bashgem 
Regis d’Aubarede wrote in post #1153837:
bashgem 
Thanks.
This is the only link I can find for bashgem. Doesn’t say anything and
its quite confusing going through the source tree to figure out.
Do you mean this ? I can’t find a gem by that name in rubygems.org.
R. Kumar wrote in post #1153839:
Regis d’Aubarede wrote in post #1153837:
bashgem
Thanks.
Do you mean this ? I can’t find a gem by that name in rubygems.org.
sorry, it’s was a joke !
if rubygems is for ruby , bashgem can be for bash… do it yourself