Re: Dynamic Web Page creation from Bash??
On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 23:56, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
> >The idea is that everytime a particular URL is typed in the script
> >executes and a webpage is created with the latest details, which is then
> >sent to my browser.
> >
> >
> >Is there any program/apache plugin that will do this automatically?
> >
> >
> Congrats, you've just re-invented the CGI script!
aah, so thats what CGI is.. i was wondering ... ;)
> Make sure your script sends first something like "Content-Type:
> text/plain\n\n", make the script executable, stick it in your cgi-bin.
> Depending on your apache config you might have to append ".cgi" to the
> filename.
>
>
So what, Is CGI a programming language in its own right or is it an
extension of BASH? hmm... I'll have to read up on CGI as i dont have a
clue about it, thanks anyway.
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