I would like to use paperclip to upload files. With the basic out of the box settings, I was able to get the file uploaded to the default directory (something in public/systems...) However when I tried changing the url or path (or both):
class Cvit < ActiveRecord::Base
has_attached_file :fileup, :path => ":rails_root/public/data/01_fasta"
end
I lose permission to the 01_fasta directory, after doing a chmod 777 on it, I notice the file is there but its named something like, stream20110706-45944-12lt2oo-0
also tried #{rails_root} in place of :rails_root.
Whats the deal????
SOLVED: the :url and :path need to point at a file, not a directory. So I had to have something like
class Cvit < ActiveRecord::Base
has_attached_file :fileup,
:url => "/data/01_fasta/:basename.:extension",
:path => ":rails_root/public/data/01_fasta/:basename.:extension"
end