Revolution as CGI in OS X

[Thomas McGrath III]

Gregory,

Everyday language is what I need. I want to learn this but at present 
don't want to take on a large project to do so. But if I thought there 
was a roadmap to follow that was straight forward then I just might. A 
step by step approach would be great.

Thank you

Tom
On Apr 21, 2004, at 11:37 AM, Gregory Lypny wrote:

> Hello Tom,
>
> On Apr 21, 2004, at 10:33 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:
>
>> I won't tell you to shut up if you are willing to compile all that you
>> are learning about this and 'post' it somewhere in a logical sensible
>> way. That way I can follow your path and learn to do it when my need
>> arises (I know it will).
>
> 	It's a deal, provided that you don't mind it being written in 
> everyday language.
>>
>> I think the lack of docs on it are because it involves a lot more than
>> just REV knowledge. Maybe you can be the one to put this all down. You
>> seem to be very articulate.
>
> 	There's OS-specific stuff, I'm sure; but what it comes down to is 
> instructing your web server to execute text files in some cgi folder, 
> and those in turn communicating with Revolution and returning 
> information to a web page.  I'm sure that if this was posted in 
> step-by-step format on a support page hosted by the Revolution, it 
> would save users a lot of searching and trial-and-error.
>
> 	Greg
>
>>
>>
>> Looking forward,
>>
>> Tom
>
> Which was in response to my request:
>
>>> Well, don't hesitate to tell me to shut up if you've had enough of my
>>> posts on this.  I'm a little bewildered and frustrated that
>>> Revolution's documentation and web site doesn't contain anything, at
>>> least as far as I can tell, about setting up Revolution as a CGI.  I
>>> know about Andre Garcia's slick server project, and he's given me 
>>> some
>>> excellent tips.  But I need to experiment with some basic cgi 
>>> scripting
>>> first, and all I need is the basic set up.
>>>
>>> These are the instructions that I found at Takaaki Furukawa's site:
>>>
>>> "Rename the engine to "revolution" (if you'd like). Put the engine in
>>> the same directory as license.rev, and give the permission to 
>>> execute.
>>> (chmod +x revolution)".
>>>
>>> My skull is really thick, so please humour me.  Is the engine the
>>> actual Revolution application (package) which resides in the 
>>> Revolution
>>> 2.2 folder which resides in my Applications folder?  Otherwise, I 
>>> don't
>>> know what the engine is.  Do I simply then open the Terminal
>>> application and enter "chmod +x revoution"?  Do I save my cgi scripts
>>> in .../WebServer/CGI-Executables?  As for my own system, I do have 
>>> Web
>>> Sharing turned on.
>>>
>>> Any assistance would be most appreciated.
>
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