On Wed, 8 Aug 2007, Hans Fugal wrote:

> So I envision a .bat file (.sh on linux/osx) that fires up a local webserver 
> (mongrel or webrick) and serves up a camping or rails app off the CD, 
> accessing the data in SQLite, or perhaps just reading it in from a YAML or 
> XML file (the data set is not huge).

Sure.  This works just fine.

I've done this for a couple customers, setting up copies of their 
applications and sites to run off a CD, so that they could go to trade 
shows and demonstrate their stuff without needing an internet connection.


Kirk Haines