Fix Webrick Daemon dispatching bug regarding a bad current working di…

…rectory. Closes #4899 [Rick Olson]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@5784 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

railties/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fix Webrick Daemon dispatching bug regarding a bad current working directory.  Closes #4899 [Rick Olson]
+
 * Make config.plugins affect the load path and the dependencies system.  Allows you to control plugin loading order, and keep disabled plugins off the load path. [James Adam]
 
 * Don't generate a components directory in new Rails apps.  [Jeremy Kemper]

railties/lib/webrick_server.rb

@@ -59,13 +59,15 @@ def self.dispatch(options = {})
     server.mount('/', DispatchServlet, options)
 
     trap("INT") { server.shutdown }
-
     server.start
   end
 
   def initialize(server, options) #:nodoc:
     @server_options = options
     @file_handler = WEBrick::HTTPServlet::FileHandler.new(server, options[:server_root])
+    # Change to the RAILS_ROOT, since Webrick::Daemon.start does a Dir::cwd("/")
+    # OPTIONS['working_directory'] is an absolute path of the RAILS_ROOT, set in railties/lib/commands/servers/webrick.rb
+    Dir.chdir(OPTIONS['working_directory']) if defined?(OPTIONS) && File.directory?(OPTIONS['working_directory'])
     super
   end