Re: CGI Scripts

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From: Jack Kelly Dobson
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 00:00

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David Homer wrote:
> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> Im trying to use CGI-script with Apache on Linux... I need to say have a
> form that sends simple information and the the CGI script uses that
> information (sh script)
> 
> I can get the form to send the information to the script but the script sees
> it as
> 
> value=thevalueyouputin
> Thats no good as I cant get the sh script to ignore the value= bit
> 
> Do this make sense??? Please e-mail me on
> davidhomer@hotmail.com
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dave

That is how CGI works.

All data sent from a form is sent <variablename>=<value> when
value is not NULL.

You have to parse the variable data out of the string to use it.

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Date: 2000/05/15
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