Re: [ts-7000] Re: how to request 7250 execute command from external web browser?

[Onur T <>]

Hi Jim,


Thank you for these pointers. This scripting world has dropped my Jaw after years of working with VxWorks!. Send me a spreadhseet with your rates in Canadian Beer :)... I just built a new batch :)...


Jim Jackson <> wrote:

oops!

Sorry I should have really looked more closely - I'd assumed your email
was a follow-up on the webserver script I sent you. Instead I missed that
that really is a CGI script! My comments on quoting still stand.

Using printf in your program should be ok




On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Jim Jackson wrote:

>
> On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Onur T wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >   I have a question about this thread. I have a simple cgi script as follows:
> >
> >   ------>
> >   #!/bin/sh
> >   # disable filename globbing
> >   set -f
> >   echo Content-type: text/plain
> >   echo
> >   echo CGI/1.0 test script report:
> >   echo
> >
> >   echo argc is $#. argv is "$*".
> >   echo
> >
> >   echo MY PROGRAM
> >   stest
> >   -------------->
> >
> >   My problem is While my program stest is called in this script and it
> > runs, the output of the program is never displayed on the webpage. Why
> > is that? Is it because I am using printfs in my program that I don't see
> > the output?
>
> check the script I attached and checkout what it does, it does things for
> reasons :-)
>
> Also you need to learn soem sh scripting - there are tons on quick
> tutorials on the web - google is your friend.
>
> 1) It is always best to quote the string you want echo to write, that
> stops sh from globbing and, aqnd depending on whether you use ' or "
> prevents sh from doing other stuff as well (like interpeting '>' etc as
> stdout etc redirection.
>
> 2) The http standard defines the use of CRLF as an end of line - by
> default Unix uses LF, hence
>
>  echo -e "Content-type: text/plain\r"
>
> makes echo interpret '\X' sequences and '\r' is a CR
>
> 3) You haven't given complete HTTP response headers - again check the
> script I attached - it's pretty self explanatory and easily edited and
> adapted.
>
>
> >
> >   How can I interface the output of my program to the cgiscript without
> > having to write to files.
>
> as long as your program writes to stdout, then just run the program and
> the output gets included in the data stream of the HTTP response.
>
> >   Also is there an easier way to do this? i.e. have the output of C
> > programs in an html document?
>
> and finally ....
>
> Just so there is no confusion, you say "cgi script" - this is not correct,
> it's a web server script :-)  Do not run the script as an apache cgi
> program, run it from inetd by configuring inetd.conf etc
>
> Jim
>
> p.s. If you need consultancy on this, I can let you have my rates :-)
>
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