how to execute binary on heroku?

Question

I try to execute a binary on heroku. I follow this blog : http://www.verrot.fr/2010/02/24/executing-binary-files-with-ruby-on-rails-and-heroku/ :

I have the followi

Answer 1

How I have gotten this to work, but be warned, Heroku does not support this solution. The direct quote from Heroku Support is "you are on your own."

1. Create a bin directory in your application.
2. Add Debian etch amd64 binaries to this directory. For example, add application called mongodump.
3. Have your code execute system call. Example (note the lack of path):

system "bin/mongodump --help"

A true or false will be returned from the system call.