use-revolution Digest, Vol 3, Issue 115

[John Rule]

I was using shell on Linux (RedHat 9) to copy files and open a URL location
using MetaCard 2.4.3 (I am using 2.5 right now). I will check the next time
I am on that computer  ;-)

I am looking for a fix to the font issues with ANY version of MetaCard on
Linux...only 'some' fonts will work  :-(

JR

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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:27:45 -1000
> From: Sannyasin Sivakatirswami <katir at hindu.org>
> Subject: Re: GET Request from Revolution Fails
> To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> Message-ID: <CDBB67C8-38E5-11D8-BD07-000A959D0AC6 at hindu.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>
> Ok, this was good in theory. But shell seems "dead" with the linux
> engine we are using.
>
> We can log into the Linux server in Austin from Hawaii via SSH and
> issue a shell command like this
>
> ls -al  ## obvious and simple
>
> But if we run this from inside an xTalk  CGI, nothing happens:
>
>
> on startUp
> put ("ls -al") into temp
> get shell(temp)
> put it into var1
> put "Content-Type: text/plain" & cr
> put "Content-Length:" && the length of var1 & cr & cr
> put var1
> end startUp
>
> var1 is empty.
>
> The version we are using is linux metacard engine version 2.4 build
> 2... but docs indicate shell  commands should work find for that
> version.
>
> Any hope?
>
> This is working on OSX with the latest version of Revolution. Is anyone
> aware of what the status of shell was with v2.4 b2?
>
> Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
> Himalayan Academy Publications
> at Kauai's Hindu Monastery
> katir at hindu.org
>
> www.HimalayanAcademy.com,
> www.HinduismToday.com
> www.Gurudeva.org
> www.Hindu.org