Re: [Rails] Rails won't execute backticked OS commands

There is probably no or different path. Try with an absolute file name, e.g., `/usr/bin/commmand args`. HTH, Jeffrey Quoting Greg Willits li...@ruby-forum.com: I'm at a loss as what to look for... I can issue a command result = `some_os_command_string` on my dev system just fine in both

[Rails] Rails won't execute backticked OS commands

I'm at a loss as what to look for... I can issue a command result = `some_os_command_string` on my dev system just fine in both a pur ruby test file, and from Rails in dev mode. When I push that code to my server, the backtick command doesn't work. No failure message -- even if I wrap it in