SED can't be a CGI script though. And like I said, this is simplifying. My
CGI scripts usually do a bunch more, but I typed up the part that's
relevant.
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012, Eric Crist wrote:
> Using perl for THIS is silly. sed can do everything you'er doing with perl.
>
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> Eric F Crist
>
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> On Jul 14, 2012, at 22:03:01, Yaron wrote:
>
>> I use perl GCI for this kind of stuff all the time. Basically make your html file (lets call it file.html) and put a marker in there, like %%MD5SUM%% or something. Then your CGI does this:
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/perl
>> $|=1;
>> $file="file.html";
>> chomp($md5=`md5sum direct.tar.bz2`);
>>
>> open(F, $file);
>> while(<F>) {
>> s/%%MD5SUM%%/$md5/ if (/%%MD5SUM%%/);
>> print;
>> }
>>
>> close (F);
>> exit(0);
>>
>> That's extremely simplified with no full paths or strict mode or error checking, but you get the idea.
>>
>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2012, Brian Wood wrote:
>>
>>> I'm wondering how to automate something further. Currently I
>>> use the following commands (in a script) when I publish a
>>> new version of the software.
>>> md5sum direct.tar.bz2 | tee md5checksum
>>> cat md5checksum | xclip -sel clip
>>> After that I edit an html file by hand and paste the new
>>> checksum into the file. Once in a while I forget to do that
>>> step. So I'd like to figure out how to improve the process.
>>> What do you suggest? Thanks in advance.
>>> Shalom,
>>> Brian Wood
>>> Ebenezer Enterprises
>>> http://webEbenezer.net
>>>
>>
>>
>> -Yaron
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>
-Yaron
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