On your server, try capturing stderr to see if that gives you any info that might help (maybe PATH issue?):
$ ./script/console production >> puts `convert --version 2>&1` ... Jeff On Jun 14, 1:13 am, Greg Willits <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Rails 2.3.2, OSX 10.5.8, Ruby 1.8.6 (p369), IM 6.5.0 > > I have my own class to run IM commands via classic Ruby CLI backticks. > Works perfect on my dev system in both dev and prod modes. > > On my server, I can't get any IM command to run from inside Rails. Works > great from a plain Ruby file though. > > So, something like this: > > result = `/usr/local/ImageMagick/bin/convert --version` > > Works fine from inside Rails on my dev system. > Does not work* from inside Rails on my server. > > Works fine from inside a Ruby test.rb file on my dev system. > Works fine from inside a Ruby test.rb file on my server. > > So, it seems to me IM itself is installed fine on the server. > > AFAICT my server is setup exactly the same as my dev system -- same > versions listed above -- yet something has to be different. I've also > checked permissions to the IM bin apps and they appear to be the same on > both systems. > > * "Does not work" = total silent failure. I've tried all kinds of ways > to log anything, but Rails seems to think everything is fine. There's no > errors to log. There's nothing to rescue, etc. > > I've started to chase my tail, and need some new ideas for what to look > at. > > Ideas? Thx. > > -- gw > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
