step1: Compile lynx with ssl support cd lynx source folder ./configure –with-ssl step2: make ; make install To avoid local ssl error prompts/complains, Open lynx.cfg make following change: step3: FORCE_SSL_PROMPT:yes thats all!. you should be able to crawl https pages using lynx now.
Considering ffmpeg for mpeg cutting/splitting… too complex i think for such a simple task. mpgtx.sourceforge.net is the way to go if are looking for simple operations like cutting/joining mpeg files. Tool Summary : This simple command(from a ruby script I wrote) will cut the full length videos into count_chunks pieces and store them under directory_writable, [...]
RAILS_ROOT gives you relative path within the applications it works fine as far as you need the path within rails application. How about getting absolute path to rails folder? I found one way, and thats from the ENV hash. You can use ENV['PWD'] to find absolute path to the rails folder. Any other ways ?? [...]