Re: CGI from another script

[kutsu]

in reply to CGI from another script

that is a valid way to call a cgi script from the command line so we'd need to see "some_script.cgi" to be able to tell why it's not working.

On another note, are you calling this second cgi script with backticks? I've never seen this as a good idea - everytime it's either needed changed into a module, called with a form, or ran using a redirect. So if you could give your reason for using backticks maybe we could find a better solution.

[rsiedl]

Hi, thanks for your reply.

I'm not sure I follow what you mean by "everytime it's either needed changed into a module, called with a form, or ran using a redirect".

Isnt backtick and system() both the same, or are you saying its a bad idea to use either of these fullstop?

The reason I am using this method is because I have some scripts which i need the output from. Ideally I want to rewrite them in module format but at the moment dont have the time.

[kutsu]

backticks and system are not the same (seeing as you want to capture the output backticks is proably what you want) but yes using system or backticks always opens up a potential security hole anytime it's used (not to say it can't be closed).

The main point is that a cgi script where a module is needed is confusing and harder to maintain - I just wanted to make sure you were aware of this. Though make sure the script is read-only as you are calling it with 'perl ...' and this will prevent it from being called through the webserver.