Rails - Jul 2010 - stdin/stdout/stderr problem in g++ and rails

In my rails controller, I am doing the following :

@output = `g++ j.cpp -o "prog" && ./prog`

This gives the output in the @output variable which i can display in
my view. But the above works only if the j.cpp is correct and doesn''t
expect any user input. How can I use the stdin/stderr and stdout
streams here so that :

If the user has to give input, I open a dialog box on the view with a
textfield where he/she can enter the input, and the program continues
to execute.
If there are any errors in the file, then I should be able to get the
errors and display them to the user.
I tried doing this :

@output = `g++ j.cpp -o "prog" && ./prog| tee prog`

This allows me to enter the user input at the server command prompt
(the server log...i don''t know what do we call it), but I want it to
be entered in a textfield in the view. Help me.

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On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 08:12, Silver Spoon
<jatinkumar.nitk-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> In my rails controller, I am doing the following :
>
> @output = `g++ j.cpp -o "prog" && ./prog`
>
> This gives the output in the @output variable which i can display in
> my view. But the above works only if the j.cpp is correct and
doesn''t
> expect any user input. How can I use the stdin/stderr and stdout
> streams here so that :
>
> If the user has to give input, I open a dialog box
Sorry, can''t help you there, at least nothing springs immediately to my
mind.
> If there are any errors in the file, then I should be able to get the
> errors and display them to the user.
> I tried doing this :
>
> @output = `g++ j.cpp -o "prog" && ./prog| tee prog`
There''s probably some more Rubyish way to do it by messing with the
definitions of stout and stderr, but a quick and dirty way to do it,
by messing with the the command line to make stderr go to stdout, is:

@output = `g++ j.cpp -o "prog" 2&>1`

Check $? to see if it succeeded (should be 0; make sure you check
IMMEDIATELY after the command).  if so, then you can run prog as
normal.

This is an old shell-scripting type kluge that I wasn''t sure would
work, but does.  Proof-of-concept code:

#! /usr/bin/ruby
out = `ls -l #{ARGV.join '' ''} 2>&1`
status = $?
puts "command %sed (status %d)" % [(status == 0 ?
''work'' : ''fail''), status]
puts out  # insert your own joke here, folks!

Also be VERY careful about how you are feeding the program name into
the command, especially if there''s any way a user can influence it.
Google "SQL Injection"; it''s not just for SQL.

-Dave

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