Rails - Jun 2006 - Shelling out from an action with ``?

I''m trying to shell out (with the `` method, to call wget) from within
an action. It looks something like this:

  def prepare_project
    @project = Project.find_by_id(params[:id])
    logger.info("Exporting project...")
    `wget blah blah`
    `zip blah blah`
    flash[:notice] = "Exported project successfully."
    redirect_to :action => ''export_project'', :id =>
@project.id
  end

The app hits this method and does indeed end up on export_project,
rendering that view... but it never seems to do the wget or zip stuff,
or even log! Can anyone please point me toward a solution?

For starters, instead of using `wget` why not use Net::HTTP? It can do 
the same thing, though maybe with a bit more work on your end.

As far as zipping goes, well, does anyone else know of a usable ruby-zip 
library and can point out docs or a tutorial?


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