Re: How to launch a shell script (.sh) from an HTML page ?

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From: Chris F.A. Johnson
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 20:01

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On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Hactar wrote:

> In article <BPcB7.1463$jr.299765@news1.rdc1.va.home.com>,
> Keith Duffin <keith@duffin.org> wrote:
> > Shell can be used out of the box by apache as a cgi.  Just drop a shell
> > script in your cgi directory.
>
> There is only a cgi directory if there is a web server.  The OP said this is
> a local page (i.e., no web server); right, OP?  You're using some kind of
> file:// URL to view this file, yes?  I don't know how to do it without a
> web server.  With a web serber, Keith's right; you just put it in /cgi-bin
> or wherever cgis are kept.  The script should output HTML.

The script need not output HTML; it can be anything (plain text, images,
etc.), so long as the header identifies the correct type.

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    Chris F.A. Johnson                        http://cfaj.freeshell.org
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