As a non-Perler, what does Perldiver look like and how do I use it with my
commercial server?
Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 6:34 AM
Subject: [REBOL] Running unauthorised CGI
> Rebols,
>
> It *can* be done, and easily as well. It's just like Ralph (I believe)
said.
> I have Rebol CGI scripts running on the server of a free webspace provider
> with CGI support and all I had to do was:
>
> 1. check the operating system with a script like Perldiver (to show the
> environment variables);
> 2. copy the appropriate Rebol executable to the cgi-bin directory and
chgmod
> it to 755, and;
> 3. have the scripts refer to Rebol in the first line with: #! rebol -cs.
>
> That was it! Only one tiny problem. How much overhead is Rebol going to
> take? Of course it depends on the script, but let's say I have a small
> script to handle a form and display a 'succeeded' page, would it pose a
big
> problem if ten people at the same time executed it?
>
> It was really cool to see Rebol output on the web. Check it out for
yourself
> at one of the many free webspace providers.
>
> Regards,
> Rachid
>
