Rails: How can I use system zip on Heroku to make a docx from an xml template?

Question

I have this working locally, storing the template files in #{Rails.root}/tmp, using system \"cd tmp/template; zip -r ../#{@filename} *\" to zip up the

Answer 1

Can't you just a create directory within #{Rails.root}/tmp called, say, #{Process.pid}_docx/something_nice/? Copy (or symlink) what you need into:

#{Rails.root}/tmp/#{Process.pid}_docx/something_nice/

Then

system "cd #{Rails.root}/tmp/#{Process.pid}_docx/; zip -r x.zip something_nice"

And then you have:

#{Rails.root}/tmp/#{Process.pid}_docx/x.zip

With a nice pretty internal structure that doesn't include your PID.