mchttpd Question

andu undo at cloud9.net
Wed Jul 3 14:24:01 EDT 2002


--On Wednesday, July 3, 2002 2:00 PM -0400 Rich Mooney 
<tech at paynesparkman.com> wrote:

> I would be very interested in any new revisions to mchttpd.  I'm hoping to
> use it to treat my current control software as a CGI then make my systems
> operable through a browser.  This is really a long-term plan which I had
> shelved because it didn't appear that anyone was doing any development on
> mchttpd.  Anyone else interested in further development of mchttpd?

Any particular reason for using a metacard web server as opposed to any 
other web server?

>
> Rich Mooney
> Payne Sparkman Mfg.
> shop at paynesparkman.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "andu" <undo at cloud9.net>
> To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
> Cc: <pbower at soundmedicine.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 1:03 PM
> Subject: Re: mchttpd Question
>
>
>> Almost forgot to answer this one, sorry.
>>
>> --On Monday, July 1, 2002 7:45 PM -0700 Scott Rossi
>> <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
>>
>> > The question below was sent by Peter J Bower who seems to be having
>> > trouble getting his posts to appear on the list.  Perhaps some kind
> folks
>> > here can respond.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Scott Rossi
>> > Creative Director
>> >
>> > Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
>> > Email: scott at tactilemedia.com
>> > Web: www.tactilemedia.com
>> >
>> > ------
>> >
>> > I just downloaded the metacard mchttpd from ftp.metacard.com
>> > <ftp://ftp.metacard.com>
>> > to run on my home network and act as a server.
>> >
>> > I have a pc running windows 2000.
>> >
>> > In the cgi-bin folder there is a little note that  says "
>> > Link_MC_here".
>> >
>> > Well, I'm not sure what this means. I have installed a copy of the mc
>> > program in that folder and I can not get it to recognize any *.mt or
> *.cgi
>> > programming. What does the "Link MC Here" mean?
>> >
>> > another question:  In this situation on a pc what would the first line
> in
>> > the cgi script look like to
>> > find the mc engine?
>> >
>> > The actual location of my MC program is C:\Program
> Files\Metacard\Program\
>> >
>> > What's a fella to do?
>>
>> Main problem is that mchttpd on Metacard's ftp site is very very old. I
>> made several variations and improvments in the meantime mostly for fun
>> since there was no real demand for such a tool but all of them have in
>> comon the fact that they are unfinished.
>>  With enough reminders I might be able to produce something usable, time
>> permiting ;-).
>>
>> >
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