You need to put that system call in the controller action which receives
this form submission!
Where then you could do something like this :
system('mkdir var/www/html/' + params[:model][:name]);
Also it is not advisable to hard code the entire path.
Thanks & Regards,
Dhruva Sagar.
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:30 AM, [email protected] <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Hey everyone...trying to get a handle on Ruby syntax but having a bit
> of
> an issue.
>
> I am trying to create a form and then call a linux system call that
> will
> create a directory using the value of the variable within the
> fieldset.
> Here is a short example:
>
> <fieldset>
> <ol>
> <li>
> <%= f.label :name %>
> <%= f.text_field :name, :class => 'text' %>
> </li>
> <li>
> <%= f.label :credit_balance %>
> <%= f.text_field :credit_balance, :class => 'text' %>
> </li>
> </ol>
> </fieldset>
> <fieldset class="submit">
> <%= f.submit 'Submit', :class => 'submit' %>
> </fieldset>
> <% system("mkdir /var/www/html/WHAT DO I PUT HERE") %>
>
> Basically, I just need to know the syntax of the system line so that
> the
> directory that will be created will be the value of the :name variable
> within the fieldset but cannot figure out the syntax. In other words,
> if, on the form someone puts in WHATEVER for the :name field and 10
> for
> the :credit_balance, I want to create a directory called
> /var/www/html/WHATEVER
>
> Easy for me in PHP, but I have not been able to find a way to do it in
> Ruby. I am sure that it is easy for one of you.
>
> If someone would be nice enough to get me started in the right
> direction, I would really appreciate it.
>
> Thank so much!
>
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