Ruby

IO.select timeout problem
Using ruby 1.8.6 under Linux. For some reason IO.select() seems to be ignoring the 'timeout' parameter. Regardless of what value I put in there (float or integer) it doesn't seem to have any effect -- if there isn't any data available on stdout or stderr, select() just waits until there is data: @stdin, @stdou... 9 Jul 2008 21:57

what's your recommendation re ruby backup scripts for linuxbackups???
[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.] Hi, I want to put in place a periodic backup routine for my linux box to cover potential disk failure. What command line ruby scripts exists/would you recommend for this? The features I'm looking for: * free/open source * command line ba... 9 Jul 2008 20:55

Is there a way to set a cookie with CGI::Cookie objects, from anrhtml file?
I'm trying this with cgi.out, but it doesn't like me doing that without a body. There must be a way to print the cookie header from the cookie object so I can send it out from the top of my .rhtml file, but it doesn't seem to be obvious how you'd do this. xc ... 9 Jul 2008 19:54

String#upcase/downcase with UTF-8 strings in Ruby 1.9
Hello, in Ruby 1.9 I get the following behaviour: "aoue����".upcase => "AOUE����" "AOUE����".downcase => "aoue����" I can't find however find a bug in the bug tracking system. Doesn't this qualify as a bug? Cheers, Stefan ... 11 Jul 2008 01:45

Ruby bug database
Hello, where has the Ruby bug database gone? It used to be at http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/ruby-bugs but that address doesn't work anymore. I cannot find it on the website. Cheers, Stefan ... 9 Jul 2008 20:55

[Q] In place edit mode activation?
Hello, Does anybody knows if there is a way to activate the 'in place edit mode' from within a Ruby script that would have the same effect as using the -i option on the command line? Thanks Laurent ... 9 Jul 2008 17:50

Trying to find good examples of Ruby Sessions.
Pickaxe 246 is not only weak, but appears to be just wrong by saying: if session['lastaccess'] which doesn't check that lastaccess is infact a hash key to begin with. However, when I try a .has_key?, I get a failure with that (the above fails as I expect also). So what gives? Is this just broken, or am I ... 9 Jul 2008 18:52

New RMagick4J release.
RMagick aims to implement the ImageMagick funcionality and the C portions of RMagick for make it works in JRuby. Current stable version: 0.3.5 Project URL: http://code.google.com/p/rmagick4j/ Installation: gem install rmagick4j Google Summer of Code project should be thanked for making this new release possib... 9 Jul 2008 18:52

How do I link to inferior-ruby/interpreter in emacs?
I have fixed ruby-mode for emacs but I dont understand how to run the interpreter. I have inf-ruby.el in my ruby-path but what do I need to add to my .emacs-file? ... 9 Jul 2008 19:54

Regarding migrations?
Hi, I am using "review_old" database in my rails app.i have 20 tables in "review_old" database. some people already written some reviews on "review_old" database. But i have changed one filed in one table.And i have created new database with name "review_new". how to migrate data "revie... 9 Jul 2008 14:44