In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
          Alex Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have had a problem reported from someone using a Perl cgi script with
> WebJames. They are trying to read data from a HTML form (using post),
> using read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'}).
> However this hangs the machine, until either return or escape is pressed.

Version 0.27 of WebJames (available from my website) now allows handlers
to be defined for different filetypes, including whether to use RISC OS
or Unix style redirection. Using Unix style with Perl scripts solves the
above problem.


In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
          Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 11:16:06 +0000, Alex Waugh wrote:
> > You probably need to edit the !Boot or !Run file of !Perl so that Perl
> > scripts are not run in a task window.
> 
> IMHO, this is a bad idea. You should be able to use the webserver
> and execute Perl scripts in taskwindows at the same time.

This is now possible with version 0.27 of WebJames.


Alex

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