Andu, is that a confirmation that mc/cgi script can't call externals? How about if you "use" a stack which calls the externals?
> From: andu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: mc & cgi: externals > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> While on a CGI thread... >> >> I'm considering trying to move my server app to a script-only implementation. >> However, I have a couple of crucial externals which need to be a part of it. >> Porting these to the operating systems on which I need them is not a problem >> (albeit some work), but I seem to recall that there is no way to use >> externals with CGI scripts. I can imagine good reasons for this, but is there >> any work-around? For example, I'd like to run things as script-only on a >> Darwin system. I can compile mach-o tools, but can I run them from inside a >> MC script? Has anyone been down this road before who can point me in the >> right direction? What if my externals need to maintain static/global >> information? My ultimate goal is an apache/metacard combo with no GUI... >> anyone that can give me some input? > > Brian, your best bet for something like this is to have cgi scripts > communicate with a long-running stack which in turn uses the externals, > I think. > You could call the code with a shell command? _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
