Folks,
I am new to rails and have not found out how to do this. What I am trying to do is execute a Linux command from one of my controllers. For example, I've tried these 2 methods. Both result in a the web-page to hang forever. I get NO response back.
The question I have is, how do I execute a Linux command and then parse the output from this command to take further action. Much appreciated.
def restore1 render_text `uname -a` end
or
def restore2 io = IO.popen("uname -a") output = io.read io.close end
Pete M.