# Ruby and perl **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 26, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-perl/97732 "2006-01-26T20:16:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mathias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Mathias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mathias)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-perl/97732/1 "2006-01-26T20:16:41Z")
Hello Community, is it possible to include perl scripts into a ruby view (.rhtml)? If yes, the structure has to be /public --\> /cgi-bin like in a web application with cgi scripts? Best regards, Mathias ---
**Author:** ![Mathias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Mathias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mathias)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-perl/97732/2 "2006-01-26T20:26:46Z")
Mathias wrote: > Hello Community, > > is it possible to include perl scripts into a ruby view (.rhtml)? > If yes, the structure has to be /public --\> /cgi-bin like in a web > application with cgi scripts? > > Best regards, > Mathias nope ---
**Author:** ![Mathias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Mathias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mathias)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-perl/97732/3 "2006-01-26T21:01:52Z")
Can cgi output not be included using SSIs? ---
**Author:** ![Mathias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Mathias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mathias)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-perl/97732/4 "2006-01-26T22:19:20Z")
Steve Pierce wrote: > Can cgi output not be included using SSIs? I supposed so. I can invoke a perl script in the /cgi-bin as a link, but an include doesn’t work. Can somebody tell me why? Mathias ---
**Author:** ![Mathias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Mathias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mathias)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-perl/97732/5 "2006-01-26T23:42:11Z")
On Jan 26, 2006, at 1:19 PM, Mathias wrote: > Steve Pierce wrote: > > > Can cgi output not be included using SSIs? > > I supposed so. I can invoke a perl script in the /cgi-bin as a > link, but > an include doesn’t work. Can somebody tell me why? > > Mathias What kind of include are you talking about? Is this in a rails .rhtml view or are you talking ssi? In normal ssi you have to use the exec command instead of include to get cgi scripts to execute. But Rails doesn’t support ssi in the views does it? What you might need is to use open-uri to grab the cgi output on localhost from a http request. Cheers- -Ezra Z. Yakima Herald-Republic WebMaster > **[yakimaherald.com | Yakima, Washington - We Tell Your Stories](https://www.yakimaherald.com/)** 509-577-7732 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![Mathias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Mathias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mathias)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-perl/97732/6 "2006-01-27T01:03:41Z")
On 27/01/2006, at 10:19 AM, Mathias wrote: > Steve Pierce wrote: > > > Can cgi output not be included using SSIs? > > I supposed so. I can invoke a perl script in the /cgi-bin as a > link, but > an include doesn’t work. Can somebody tell me why? Because by default Apache won’t process SSI for script output. You’ll have to add an OutputFilter for dispatch.fcgi to go through mod\_ssi. If you’re not using Apache you’re out of luck. However: \<%= `/path/to/cgi-bin/script.pl` %\> will work.