I tried just creating a test.rb file putting it in the public directory then calling it like http://localhost:3000/test.rb but that doesn't seem to work. It thinks I'm trying to download the file. What am I missing here? the little script is below:
#!/usr/local/bin/ ruby
print "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n"
print "Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n"
print "<html><body>Hello World!</body></html>\r\n"
There's a tiny http daemon server that I use for this sort of thing. I've never heard that you can configure any of the browsers to execute script for you, so you're probably stuck with a similar setup to mine:
You can find shttpd (now called mongoose, from the looks of it) at sourceforge. The config file I use for my ruby apps looks like this:
# SHTTPD web server configuration file.
# Lines starting with '#' and empty lines are ignored.
# For detailed description, visit http://shttpd.sourceforge.net/shttpd.1.txt
#platform-specific stuff
root c:\main\src\worker\http
systray no
access_log logs\shttpd_access_log.txt
error_log logs\shttpd_error_log.txt
cgi_env RUBYLIB=c:\main\src\worker;c:\main\src\worker\lib
cgi_interp c:\InstantRails\ruby\bin\ruby.exe
#platform-dependant stuff
ports 2001
cgi_ext rb
threads 5
index_files index.rb
If you have any further questions, just update and I'll try to keep an eye on the thread.