Re: [cobalt-users] Executing a file in /bin via web page

["J. Masterson" <masterson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Socha wrote:
> 
> I have a simple shell script in the /bin directory called RPD,
> it simple copies a file to a backup directory and renames the origianl
> file.
> 
> I am trying to figure out how to just have a button on a web page that a
> user can click and it will execute the file.
> 
> Any ideas?


I'd start with a form that pointed at a script something like:

#!/usr/bin/perl

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

system("/bin/RPD") or die("Script failed.\n");

print "Okay, script executed.";



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John Masterson
Web Developer
WAM!NET Missoula
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