try piping it to STDOUT see if you get anywhere. Ex:
sh.system("ls", "-l") | sh.head > STDOUTOn Thu, May 21, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Matt Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > What user is your Rails app running as on the server? That would be my > first suspect... > > --Matt Jones > > On May 20, 3:47 pm, CiriusMex <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, well here comes my problem. I'm working on a function that will >> generate PDF files automatically using files already existing. I'm >> using pdftk utils to generate those files and everythings is working >> just fine when testing in localhost on my laptop (I'm running windows >> vista on it). But when I come to deploy the application on my server >> (unix of course) and test the function, nothing occurs, seems that the >> function is not executed (I don't even have a error message...). here >> comes the code for the execution of the function: >> >> # Merging front page and PDF >> system("#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/products/pdftk #{RAILS_ROOT}/public/ >> orders/order#{order.id}/products/frontPage#{product.id}.pdf # >> {RAILS_ROOT}/public/products/#{formatedProductName}.pdf cat output # >> {RAILS_ROOT}/public/orders/order#{params[:id]}/products/finalPDF# >> {product.id}.pdf") >> >> while !File.exist?("#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/orders/order#{params[:id]}/ >> products/finalPDF#{product.id}.pdf") >> # We wait... >> end >> >> RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER.info("\n\n#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/orders/order# >> {params[:id]}/products/finalPDF#{product.id}.pdf created\n") >> >> # Generating password protected PDF >> system("#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/products/pdftk #{RAILS_ROOT}/public/ >> orders/order#{params[:id]}/products/finalPDF#{product.id}.pdf output # >> {RAILS_ROOT}/public/orders/order#{params[:id]}/products/# >> {formatedProductName}_#{params[:firstname].tr('\'','')}_#{params >> [:lastname].tr('\'','')}.pdf owner_pw #{adminAccessPassword} user_pw # >> {customerAccessPassword}") >> >> while !File.exist?("#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/orders/order#{params[:id]}/ >> products/#{formatedProductName}_#{params[:firstname].tr('\'','')}_# >> {params[:lastname].tr('\'','')}.pdf") >> # We wait... >> end >> >> The files and paths are correct, I verified several times. pdftk is >> correctly installed on the server (I tested executing those two >> commands manualy on the server, it worked perfectly and I could get >> the files generated). >> >> It's pretty urgent, I've tested changing "system" for backquotes and >> nothing. Any idea would be welcome ^^? >> >> Olivier. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
