RE: [MacPerl] UNIX

[Greg Bartlett <gbartlett@metapath.com>]

Try running a VNC server on your Mac.

It seems to be fairly stable (<-read: I have still crashed it).

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Michael D. Kirkpatrick [SMTP:mkirkpatrick@webbuilders.com]
> Sent:	Monday, June 21, 1999 8:56 AM
> To:	mac-perl@iis.ee.ethz.ch
> Subject:	Re: [MacPerl] UNIX
> 
> 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
> > mailto:richard@richardgordon.net
> > http://www.richardgordon.net
> > 770.565.8267
> 
> --
> Michael D. Kirkpatrick
> Vice-President
> Web Builders Internet Services Inc.
> http://www.webbuilders.com
> 
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