Stut wrote:
> Oops, wrong list, sorry guys.
no worries - made me laugh anyway :-)
but one worries about the one you were trying to help:
cron to run apache to run php to run a gui app.
are the loons running the nut house after all?
>
> Stut wrote:
>> Please include the list when replying.
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> Stut wrote:
>>>> Eww!! Eww!! and thrice EWW!! There is *never*, and I mean *never* an
>>>> acceptable reason to run a GUI app in response to a web request -
>>>> even on an Intranet.
>>>>
>>>> *NEVER!!!!*
>>>>
>>>> IMMHO
>>>>
>>> Bah. Pure ignorance.
>>> Here's one reason. I run Apache on my PC. I wrote a Php script that
>>> I run as a scheduled task to zip up a folder once a day. I used the
>>> WinZip command line interface. It will not run until I allow Apache
>>> to interact with the desktop. Simple, to the point, and it works.
>>
>> WinZip is a GUI app. There are lots of CLI utilities for zipping - use
>> one of those! If you're doing this as a personal utility, why is
>> Apache getting involved in running a PHP script as a scheduled task?
>>
>>> Here's another. I have a photo gallery script written in Php that
>>> triggers an Irfanview slide show. It's very efficient and simple.
>>
>> Never come across Irfanview, but a quick Google reveals a GUI app for
>> viewing images. How is this useful for a web-based visitor?
>>
>>> You're Eww, Eww, Eww and Never!! rules are just so much hot air.
>>
>> Maybe in your opinion, which you are entitled to just as much as I am.
>> However, IMHO web-based appplications and GUI applications should not
>> mix. Ever. But that's just my opinion. If your use is not as a web
>> application, but rather as a way to start processes on your local
>> machine I would question why Apache needs to be involved at all.
>>
>> -Stut
>
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