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verilon wrote:Uh, ok. But I don't know PHP either, and I'm going to need to learn some form of Perl to work with CGI anyhow.

As for Apache... my last venture into that didn't go too well.

Right now I'm trying to figure out how to install ActivePerl..

Pu-239 wrote:

verilon wrote:Uh, ok. But I don't know PHP either, and I'm going to need to learn some form of Perl to work with CGI anyhow.

As for Apache... my last venture into that didn't go too well.

Right now I'm trying to figure out how to install ActivePerl..

Then don't use CGI. PHP does what CGI can do.

And don't bother with activeperl... use Cygwin and it's included perl, since it's environment will be more similar with what you see on a UNIX server.

$ perl -v

Anyway, does cygwin include Apache2 (I don't have the patience to download Apache 1.3 over dialup)? If so I can help you with apache config. If not, there are others here who can help you.

There's also server-side java, though I've never tried it, and it's overkill.

Pu-239 wrote:When you run the cygwin installer there should be a list of things you can install, and you have to select perl, and you probably want to select apache2 or apache too.

If you have broadband, install everything, it's easier. 600 megs though, but I'm sure broadband can handle it.

Unlike dialup.

#! /usr/bin/perl -w -T
use strict;
[stuff]

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
my $directory = "./gallery/";
my $webdir   = "./images/gallery/";

opendir(DIR , "$directory");
my @pictures = readdir(DIR);
closedir(DIR);

my $gallerynum = 0;
my $buffer;
my $j = 0;
my $piccounter =0;
@pictures = grep(/(.*)icon\.jpg/, @pictures);
for(my $i = 1; $j <= @pictures; $i++) {
        open(FILE,">", "../pages/imagegallery$i.inc");
        $buffer =
        "<div class=\"cntntheader\">Image Gallery</div>\n" .
        "<div class=\"content\"\n>" .
        "<div class=\"gallerybox\"\n>";
$piccounter +=20;
        print("Printed Header\n");
        for($j; $j < $piccounter; $j++){
                my $picbase = $pictures[$j];
                $picbase =~ s#icon\.jpg##g;
                $buffer = $buffer .
                "<a href = \"./picture.php?image=$webdir$picbase" . "small.jpg\">\n" .
                "<img src=\"$webdir$pictures[$j]\" alt=\"$pictures[$j]\" />\n" .
                "</a>\n";
        print("Printed Content\n");
        }
        $buffer = $buffer . "\t</div>\n</div>";
        print("Printed Footer\n");
        print FILE $buffer;
        close(FILE);

}

Pu-239 wrote:Also, when programming CGI, you should enable -T -w (enables tainting and stricter warnings). Also use strict. So, at the beginning of the script, do

#! /usr/bin/perl -w -T
use strict;
[stuff]

Perl CGI scripts can be easily exploited when written improperly, so any extra checking helps.

Anyway, I think Java is easy. If you think it's hard, you might have problems with perl, since I don't like perl.

Sample perl script:

Code: Select all

<snip>

This generates a gallery for generating HTML for stitching with PHP for image thumbnails and links. The result is http://www.broken-llama.com/robotics/pa ... gegallery1.

Pu-239 wrote:To create a script under cygwin, try nano [scriptname], then add the stuff at the top and write the contents. You could try notepad/textpad/blah too, but I don't know where you installed cygwin. Emacs is a lot better, but harder to use. The best is obviously vim, however according to some, it turns you crazy (into a Unix nerd who hunts G&C into the middle of the night looking for threads pertaining to *NIX and then replying in a matter of minutes).

verilon wrote:

Pu-239 wrote:To create a script under cygwin, try nano [scriptname], then add the stuff at the top and write the contents. You could try notepad/textpad/blah too, but I don't know where you installed cygwin. Emacs is a lot better, but harder to use. The best is obviously vim, however according to some, it turns you crazy (into a Unix nerd who hunts G&C into the middle of the night looking for threads pertaining to *NIX and then replying in a matter of minutes).

Like you? ;P

Well, I'll try that when I have some time tomorrow, but right now it's time for bed. Need to be able to try to get to sleep before sunup so I can be up *before* too late this afternoon...

verilon wrote:Err.. Ok. I'll try to figure that all out. Thing is, I tried installing it before, and it decided that the chsh command didn't exist.

verilon wrote:

Pu-239 wrote:To create a script under cygwin, try nano [scriptname], then add the stuff at the top and write the contents. You could try notepad/textpad/blah too, but I don't know where you installed cygwin. Emacs is a lot better, but harder to use. The best is obviously vim, however according to some, it turns you crazy (into a Unix nerd who hunts G&C into the middle of the night looking for threads pertaining to *NIX and then replying in a matter of minutes).

Like you?

verilon wrote:Ok so now how do I run the damn thing?

#! /bin/perl -w -T
use strict;

[your stuff here]