David Bovill wrote: > > Andu, is that a confirmation that mc/cgi script can't call externals? How > about if you "use" a stack which calls the externals?
It's not, I never tried this but so seemed to recall Brian. Maybe Scott Raney could tell us for sure. But like I said, you can "use" a stack. > > > 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 -- __________________________ Regards, Andu _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
