The above dummy code will only list the files in the directory, which
is something i don't really want. I want to individually run all these
files with gcc compiler and then show the user the output/ errors in
the process to the user, in front of each file. Now can you help me???

On Jul 31, 2:29 am, Robert Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Jatin Kumar wrote:
> > I have various files of extensions .cpp stored on the server. When
> > user clicks on the compile button, I should run gcc command passing
> > the absolute path of the file to gcc compiler and then show the user
> > the output of the file.
> > How can i do that???
>
> A silly contrived example:
>
> user_controller.rb
> ----------------------
>   # GET /users
>   # GET /users.xml
>   def index
>     @users = User.all
>     @out = `ls -l /Users/robertwalker/Desktop`
>
>     respond_to do |format|
>       format.html # index.html.erb
>       format.xml  { render :xml => @users }
>     end
>   end
>
> index.html.erb
> ----------------------
> <p>List of files on Desktop: <%= simple_format(@out) %></p>
> --
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