>On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, andu wrote:
>
>> Scott Raney wrote:
>>
>> > The beta 1 release of the MetaCard HTTP server (mchttpd) is now
>> > available as ftp://ftp.metacard.com/MetaCard/2.3/mchttpd.zip.
>> >
>> > New to this release are extended examples and documentation on how
>> > HTTP servers (and servers in general) operate. As with previous
>> > releases, this server works on all operating systems and is freeware.
>> > Suggestions about how to improve the server from here are welcome as
>> > are script contributions, more extended examples, or even just
>> > feedback on how it works (or doesn't work) for you.
>> > Regards,
>> > Scott
>>
>> The file "mchttpd.conf" seems to have an extra empty line at the top (at
>> least on Windows) which puts the server preferences in the wrong fields
>> the first time one opens the stack. Either edit the text file by hand or
>> reset the preferences in the stack and save them.
>> Andu
>
>Fixed, but the problem is that that file is apparently being written
>out as a text file, and was last saved on a Windows system (it has
>extra ASCII 13 characters in it if you open it on UNIX). This is a
>general problem with cross platform development: you have to decide
>whether or not the data files should be in the native format for each
>OS or whether they should be portable...
> Scott
In retrospect I wonder if replacing the text file with a stack wouldn't be
better.
Regrds, Andu
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