David Bovill wrote:
>
> Thanks Andu,
>
> got it working (with your help). I had made a number of mistakes...
>
> 1) The function had a mistake:
>
> function getData
> -- put return & fld 1 into someData
> put return & fld 1 of stack "database" into someData
> return someData
> end getData
>
> Basic mistake, but as the script is being used, it had no idea of which
> stack the field was in - so a stack reference was needed. However you can
> call the functions direct (which is a relief for me 'coz my libraries are
> mainly functions).
>
> Seem to be able to parameters in the expected way. However I've run into a
> problem which seems to be to do with the home stack... pretty sure it is not
> corrupted or anything as it works locally and I am using the same technique
> to transfer it as the other stacks... - I think it is *that* lovely splash
> screen -:)
>
> Why would I want to use the home stack
Good question.
> - maybe I don't need to, but when
> exploring shell commands, I decided to see if I could use MC shell commands
> and call them from the CGI...
>
> Stuff like (calling standard shell scripts on Linux serveer):
>
> -- put shell("whereis sh") after buffer
> -- put return after buffer
>
> -- put shell("whereis mc") after buffer
> -- put return after buffer
>
> -- put shell("whereis perl") after buffer
> -- put return & return after buffer
>
> Works a treat in the CGI, but when I tried to use MC based scripts...
>
> First I got back that sh (the shell interpreter) couldn't handle it, so I
> needed to change the shellCommand...
>
> -- set the shellcommand to "mc"
>
> to which I get back...
>
> -- ...mcPath: Can't open display
> -- ...mcPath: Can't load stack or script mchome.mc
>
> Which brings me on th the fact that with the home stack on the server and a
> couple of database stacks:
>
> -- put fld 1 of stack "database" into someData -- works fine
> -- put fld 1 of stack "home" into someData -- gives a server error
>
> So the question I am trying to answer is have I made another silly mistake
> or am I running into a brick wall as the home stack will not run on the
> server (display issue?) and consequently I won't be able to use MC based
> shell scripts?
You can if they are written to a .mt file.
% ./mc script.mt # will execute the script.
Doing:
% ./mc stack.mc #will try to open MC in X and not succeed.
>
> Maybe I'll have to dig out that SSH Telnet client? Any help from the experts
> out there appreciated...
>
> David
Andu
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