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Help!! How to Pass Variables to my cgi...

Post by Kurt J. Lanz » Wed, 07 Apr 1999 04:00:00




> Hi,  Can anyone tell me how to pass variables to my cgi script without using
> a post or get method?  I have a cgi that lists the contents of a directory
> and I want to use this same cgi for all directories.  I would like to just
> pass the directory variable from the webpage to the cgi script.  Can anyone
> tell me how to do this?  Any examples would be helpful... Thanks in
> advance...

Pardon? "I would like to learn something without either reading about
it or hearing someone talk about it." You must do one or the other.
I suspect you nead an introduction to how the web works. A bookstore
is a good place to start.
 
 
 
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Help!! How to Pass Variables to my cgi...

Post by Steve Dic » Thu, 08 Apr 1999 04:00:00




Quote:> Hi,  Can anyone tell me how to pass variables to my cgi script without using
> a post or get method?  I have a cgi that lists the contents of a directory
> and I want to use this same cgi for all directories.  I would like to just
> pass the directory variable from the webpage to the cgi script.  Can anyone
> tell me how to do this?  Any examples would be helpful... Thanks in
> advance...

What you want is simply:

...../cgi-bin/dirlist.cgi?/this/is/the/directory/path/to/be/listed

Be aware that such a script *could* be a security risk - you might want to limit it
to just the (relative) directories under your web pages.

--
Steve*s - Starswan Systems Ltd
Hertfordshire's premier one-man Systems Consultancy

 
 
 
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Help!! How to Pass Variables to my cgi...

Post by Kurt J. Lanz » Thu, 08 Apr 1999 04:00:00





> > Hi,  Can anyone tell me how to pass variables to my cgi script without using
> > a post or get method?  I have a cgi that lists the contents of a directory
> > and I want to use this same cgi for all directories.  I would like to just
> > pass the directory variable from the webpage to the cgi script.  Can anyone
> > tell me how to do this?  Any examples would be helpful... Thanks in
> > advance...

> What you want is simply:

> ...../cgi-bin/dirlist.cgi?/this/is/the/directory/path/to/be/listed

> Be aware that such a script *could* be a security risk - you might want to limit it
> to just the (relative) directories under your web pages.

Also remember that such a URL will cause the browser to use the GET
method. Which the original poster did not want to use. Probably because
he didn't realize what he was asking. And if that is the case, he will
next be asking how he uses that information, so we will have to teach
him about QUERY_STRING, when he should be reading a few manuals here
and there. Sigh........
 
 
 
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Help!! How to Pass Variables to my cgi...

Post by Miguel Cr » Thu, 08 Apr 1999 04:00:00



> What you want is simply:

> ...../cgi-bin/dirlist.cgi?/this/is/the/directory/path/to/be/listed

How about: /cgi-bin/dirlist.cgi/this/is/etc plus a judicious inspection of
environment variables? Who needs question marks? http://u.nu is all scripts
and parameters but not a question mark to be seen.

miguel

 
 
 
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