Re: [MacPerl] UNIX

["Michael D. Kirkpatrick" <mkirkpatrick@webbuilders.com>]

I do a lot of my programming from home.  At home, I do not have the
connivance of being able to reach over to the server and clicking quit on
the CGI.  I would use Timbuktu, but it is buggy with my system.  I am
looking for an easy way out....  :)

Richard Gordon wrote:

> At 17:24 -0500 6/18/1999, Michael D. Kirkpatrick wrote:
> >I would not mind seeing Mac Perl have a second program written for it to
> >make the server end act like the UNIX servers do for handling and
> >running perl CGI scripts.  I would love to be able to just upload a text
> >file with the .cgi extension and be able to run it like I can on a UNIX
> >server.  I access my server by remote (from home) all the time and it
> >gets to be a hassle to have to wait 5 minutes for the compiled CGI to
> >quit on it's own before I can upload a small change to test it out.  A
> >lot of what I do will not display properly in the Mac Perl interface.  I
> >have to upload it and run it to see what it will look like in a
> >browser.  A big annoying thing is that if I make a stupid error, I have
> >to wait 5 minutes to be able to upload the correction.
> >
> >Anyone know of a plug-in for Web Star that would do this or am I stuck
> >with the Mac Perl way of processing perl CGI scripts on my server.
>
> If you come across a solution, I'd like to hear about it, but I think
> that if the cgi is supposed to run on unix, you will be much happier
> if you skip trying to get it to work with a Mac http server first. If
> you are using BBEdit, you can write, syntax check, and (up to a
> point) debug the script using MacPerl, then Save to FTP Server and
> continue to edit it remotely without ever turning it into a Mac cgi.
> This gives you the benefit of the BBEdit interface, access to Shuck,
> etc., without the hassle of first trying to get things running with a
> Mac server.
>
> BTW, why can't you just click the cancel button on your MacPerl
> cgi's? This should kill them unless they are actually doing something.
>
> Richard Gordon
> --------------------
> Gordon Consulting & Design
> Database Design/Scripting Languages
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Michael D. Kirkpatrick
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