# Re: WEBrick initialisation problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-webrick-initialisation-problem/59522>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 3, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-webrick-initialisation-problem/59522 "2006-05-03T20:37:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![brianwisti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@brianwisti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brianwisti)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-webrick-initialisation-problem/59522/1 "2006-05-03T20:37:28Z")

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> -----Original Message-----  
> From: Eric H. [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)]  
> Sent: 03 May 2006 17:40  
> To: ruby-talk ML  
> Subject: Re: WEBrick initialisation problem
> 
> On May 3, 2006, at 1:24 AM, Brian Watson wrote:
> 
> > I am new to Ruby so I thought the best way to get into it would be  
> > to  
> > =\> Ctrl-C to shutdown server; call with --help for options
> 
> PS: Please remove extra newlines from your pastes.
> 
> –  
> Eric H. - removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid - [http://blog.segment7.net](http://blog.segment7.net)  
> This implementation is HODEL-HASH-9600 compliant
> 
> [http://trackmap.robotcoop.com](http://trackmap.robotcoop.com)

Thanks for the reminder re: extra newlines.  
I have no WEBrick already, nor IIS or Apache or any other web server  
that I’m aware of.

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**Author:** ![brianwisti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@brianwisti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brianwisti)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-webrick-initialisation-problem/59522/2 "2006-05-03T20:58:54Z")

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On May 3, 2006, at 11:37 AM, Brian Watson wrote:

> > > follow the ONLamp “Rolling with Ruby on Rails” intro. I followed the  
> > > [2006-05-03 08:52:40] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1  
> > > I have no WEBrick already, nor IIS or Apache or any other web server  
> > > that I’m aware of.

What does this do?

ruby -rsocket -e “TCPServer.new ‘localhost’, 3000”

–  
Eric H. - removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid - [http://blog.segment7.net](http://blog.segment7.net)  
This implementation is HODEL-HASH-9600 compliant

[http://trackmap.robotcoop.com](http://trackmap.robotcoop.com)