ShellScript -- /Provider
A Shell Server for HTTP
The HTTP protocol is very simple. The following is an example of a
server program written in sh:
#! /bin/sh
read get docid
echo "$docid"
echo Here is the data
The docid may have a trailing carriage return to be stripped off on
some systems. You can modify that script to produce the data you actually
want. The HTML syntax for marked-up text is fairly simple, but if
you want just to send plain text, then just send the <.PLAINTEXT>.
tag first:
#! /bin/sh
read get docid
echo ""
cat $docid
When you have written your script, set the execute bit and then configure
the inet daemon to run it . A few more examples:
If you know the perl language, then that is a powerful (if otherwise
incomprehensible) language with which to hack together a server.
See also a case study of mapping a database onto the web .
All contributions to these examples welcome!
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Tim BL