lesson to learn CGIs

[-= JB =-]

Thanks for all the info, Jacque.  I am using a Mac and just got it  
installed
with a file from Andre.  The information is still very useful and  
thanks again.

-=>JB<=-


On Apr 24, 2009, at 10:10 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> -= JB =- wrote:
>> Does it make a difference if you chmod 755 it before you FTP?
>> I know a little about FTP and have Captain FTP.  Is the on-rev
>> FTP already turned on?
>
> You can't do that, it has to be done on the server. And yes, FTP is  
> ready to use.
>
> You are correct that CGI is a different way to use the engine than  
> the new on-rev scripting, and it does allow you to use stacks as  
> libraries, which on-rev does not (or at least, not yet) so you're  
> on the right track using the old-style CGI method if you want to  
> use stacks. Here's a recap of some things that may be causing  
> problems:
>
> 1. If you are trying to use CGI on your on-rev web space, it's  
> Linux. You need to copy the Linux engine over there. It doesn't  
> matter what your home machine is; you need the engine that matches  
> the server OS. The engine and all your scripts must go into the cgi- 
> bin folder.
>
> 2. Before uploading, use BBEdit or a similar editor to set all your  
> script line endings to unix line endings. Again, that's because the  
> server is Linux. The machine you use to create the files is  
> immaterial; you need to match the server OS.
>
> 3. The declaration at the top of each script must match the name of  
> the engine in your cgi-bin folder. My tutorial uses "revolution"  
> but personally I generally just use "rev" because it's shorter and  
> I'm lazy. It doesn't matter what you name the Rev engine on the  
> server -- it could be "xlzy" if you want -- as long as every script  
> you upload has the exact same engine declaration at the top.  
> Capitalization matters, so check that. Also make sure that every  
> script you use has a blank line under the engine declaration --  
> that's required.
>
> 4. Upload using an FTP client if possible. I have used the webDAV  
> method too, but it copies separate resouce forks to the server  
> which are useless on Linux (those are the files that start with  
> "_.". You can delete those from the server without any problem.)  
> But using a dedicated FTP app, those extra files never get copied  
> to the server in the first place. Also, an FTP app allows me to set  
> file permissions easily.
>
> 5. Once you have everything on the server, go down the list of each  
> newly-uploaded file and set its permissions to 755. In general you  
> can't do this with the Mac "get info" box, you need terminal or an  
> FTP client. That's another good reason to use a dedicated FTP app.
>
> I did an experiment the other day to see if CGI worked with the on- 
> rev servers and it works great. I dumped a copy of the linux engine  
> into the cgi-bin folder, copied over the "echo.mt" test script, set  
> permissions on both to 755, and bingo, it worked immediately. No  
> missing library errors either, which is a big problem on many other  
> hosting services. On-rev "just works", to steal a phrase. ;)
>
> -- 
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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