Unable to open file using pdftk

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This is in relation to this thread:
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/186295

(I was asked to create a new one as it was 6 months old)

I am using the following Ruby code but unable to open the pdf file.

require 'rubygems'
require 'pdf/toolkit'

class AbcController < ApplicationController
  def get_teachings
    my_pdf = PDF::Toolkit.open("/home/abc/mozilla.pdf")
    text = my_pdf.to_text.read
    puts text
  end
end

The file exists but I am getting this error

PDF::Toolkit::ExecutionError in SaiController#get_teachings

Error invoking PDFTK

RAILS_ROOT: script/../config/..
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace

/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/pdf-toolkit-0.5.0/lib/pdf/toolkit.rb:563:in
`read_data'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/pdf-toolkit-0.5.0/lib/pdf/toolkit.rb:279:in
`reload'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/pdf-toolkit-0.5.0/lib/pdf/toolkit.rb:227:in
`open'
app/controllers/sai_controller.rb:9:in `get_teachings'
/var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.1/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1095:in
`send'

Request

Parameters: None

Show session dump
Response
Headers: {"Cache-Control"=>"no-cache", "cookie"=>[]}

I am running this on a Linux Ubuntu 64 bit.

I need a way to parse a pdf file's contents and search for specific
content.

I am not sure how to check for the file's security settings as mentioned
in the previous post.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Balaji

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