Re: [misterhouse-users] Accessing PERL scripts in MH

[Eric A. <zi...@el...>]

Awesome.  Thanks.

Bruce Winter wrote:

> Lots of examples in mh/web/bin.   For example, to set an alarm:
>
>  http://localhost:8080/bin/alarms.pl?10:30&Test_alarm
>
> Or you could change it a bit to follow this convetion:
>
>  http://localhost:8080/bin/alarms.pl?10:30=Test_alarm
>
> The only difference would be if ARGV had 2 or 1 arguments.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Hey Bruce,
> If I want to go to a PERL script on a web server, I might type something
> like this -
> http://www.site.com/cgi-bin/foo.pl?name=Eric
> I was hoping with MH, I could do something similar, like -
> http://localhost:8080/code/foo.pl?name=Eric or something, assuming there was
> a foo.pl in my /code dir with a query for Eric.
> I'm trying to see what functionality is like in some of the PERL work
> already done without hooking it up in my MH ui.
> I've seen syntax fly around like with the MP3 player for instance launching
> play, and I've failed to save the mail or the syntax.
> Thanks,
> Eric
> Bruce Winter wrote:
> You mean how can you browse code files with a web browser?  Or do you do you
> mean how can you can you run code files?
> If browse, you can set up an alias like this:
>   html_alias_code     = c:/misterhouse/bruce
> Then create a index.shtml file (like in the web/graphics dir), but this will
> not help much, as when mh sees a .pl file, it tries to execute it.  So at
> the moment, we can not browse code files with a browser.
> If you ment how can I run code files, you need to put them in a web path,
> like web/bin.   Keep in mind, these files need to return html, so they are
> not like normal mh code files.
> Bruce
> -----Original Message-----
> Lame question of the week: How can I access apps in the code dirs from MH? I
> was hoping it would be as easy as -
> http://localhost:8080/alarmclock_evan.pl or something to that effect, but it
> doesn't work, and I don't see anything in the docs that jumps out at me. I
> know how to run PERL scripts with the MH and PERL interpreters, but not each
> alone via the browser and MH.
> I was hoping it would be easy to peruse the PERL apps like I can do with the
> TV listings -
> http://localhost:8080/tv
> Thanks,
> Eric
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