Hi,
I’ve got the folowing script:
require “fileutils”
path = “K:/_Utilities/Apache/xampp/”
FileUtils::cd path
names = Dir.glob("**/index.html")
(0…4).each { |i|
name = names[i]
address = “file://” + path + name
puts address
exec address
}
It runs fine without line 10, “exec address”, and produces:
file://K:/_Utilities/Apache/xampp/apache/htdocs/index.html
file://K:/_Utilities/Apache/xampp/htdocs/index.html
file://K:/_Utilities/Apache/xampp/htdocs/restricted/index.html
file://K:/_Utilities/Apache/xampp/licenses/gd/index.html
file://K:/_Utilities/Apache/xampp/php/docs/Structures_Graph/docs/html/index.html
But with line 10 active, I hang with:
K:>ruby K:_Projects\Ruby_Ruby_Tests\TestDirTraversal
\TestDirTraversal.rb
file://K:/_Utilities/Apache/xampp/apache/htdocs/index.html
K:/_Projects/Ruby/_Ruby_Tests/TestDirTraversal/TestDirTraversal.rb:
10:in exec': Invalid argument - file://K:/_Utilities/Apache/xampp/apache/htdocs/in dex.html (Errno::EINVAL) from K:/_Projects/Ruby/_Ruby_Tests/TestDirTraversal/ TestDirTraversal.rb:10:inblock in ’
[snip]
Of course, if I pasted these addresses on successive lines of Word
(with space characters appended to each), I’d have a series of
hyperlinks that could control-click to invoke the respective URLs in
Firefox.
Is there a way I can repair the code here to achieve the equivalent
effect with Ruby?
Thanks in advance for any education you may offer,
Richard
exec([env,] command… [,options])
Replaces the current process by running the given external command
But,
file://K:/_Utilities/Apache/xampp/apache/htdocs/index.html
isn’t a command. A command would look like this:
type K:/_Utilities/Apache/xampp/apache/htdocs/index.html
where ‘type’ is the command.
Think of it this way: you have hundreds of programs on your computer, so
how would ruby know which program you want to operate on index.html?
Word? Notepad? Firefox? IE? type? echo?
Hi 7-stud,
Long time no “see”. Thanks for looking into my question.
file://K:/_Utilities/Apache/xampp/apache/htdocs/index.html
isn’t a command.
Yeah, I know, but my question is how to repair my code so that it
works. Or more specifically, what command can I take which accepts
the text of a URL as an argument and invokes my browser with that
command as an argument?
Do you have a further idea? I greatly appreciate learning any other
idea you might have on the question.
Best wishes,
Richard
Colin,
exec “firefox #{address}”
You’re my hero!! I couldn’t think of what command I could use to
invoke the browser on my machine. I wish I had possessed enough
imagination to at least try that idea before posting my question. I
did harbor the fancy of poking through Rails source code, thinking I
might find a clue there. But that seemed daunting to me.
Best wishes,
Richard
On Aug 8, 10:08pm, RichardOnRails
[email protected] wrote:
Colin,
exec “firefox #{address}”
I don’t think this would work on a max, since GUI apps aren’t normally
in $PATH. You might be interested in the launchy gem.
Fred
Hi Fred,
I’m happy our paths crossed again.
The launchy gem looks cool. The page I found it on also advertised
Process Explorer from SysInternals that replaces Window’s
StartMenu … something I’ve wanted for a long time. So, it’s a
double-hitter.
Thanks and best wishes,
Richard
On Aug 8, 5:39pm, Frederick C. [email protected]
On 8 August 2011 19:10, RichardOnRails
[email protected] wrote:
address = “file://” + path + name
puts address
exec address
Possibly
exec “firefox #{address}”
Colin
RichardOnRails wrote in post #1015562:
Hi 7-stud,
Long time no “see”. Thanks for looking into my question.
Hi. Sure.
file://K:/_Utilities/Apache/xampp/apache/htdocs/index.html
isn’t a command.
Yeah, I know, but my question is how to repair my code so that it
works. Or more specifically, what command can I take which accepts
the text of a URL as an argument and invokes my browser with that
command as an argument?
Do you have a further idea?
Well, I provided a link.
On Aug 9, 1:25am, Jarin U. [email protected] wrote:
On a Mac, you don’t need launchy, just do:
openhttp://example.com/whatever
You don’t need launchy on any platform but it takes away from you the
hassle of deciding which strategy to use for a given environment.
Fred
On a Mac, you don’t need launchy, just do:
open http://example.com/whatever
Hi again,
Do you have a further idea?
Well, I provided a link.
Thanks for that link in your second post. I only received it about an
hour after your original response, which only pointed out that I
lacked a function reference. Hence my request for further idea(s).
Now I have a wealth of good solutions: Yours, Colin’s and Fred’s
Thanks to you and them,
Richard