Re: shell problems again...

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texte = that'd be very helpfull and appreciated....On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote:> Do you have perl installed and executable in a cgi-local or cgi-bin directory? > I could snip my perl code and give it to you. I pass variables to the .pl script > then create my command in a $cmd string then pass that whole thing to the > shell. > > I've been using that method since I started web programming in 1994 and I have > yet to encounter a shell command I could not execute that way. > > Matt > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > thanks... > > > > back in november it was me too... about a shell script i wanted to run and > > pass variables to it in [shell]... > > > > i alredy did the php with the redirect.... that doesn't work either... > > although simple commands like ls -al work fine a command like the one i'm > > trying to do wont.. that's the wierd part... > > > > there must be something wrong on how those commands are passed to the > > system. > > > > i think my problems are bigger then the [shell].... > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote: > > > > > I just did a quick search through the archives and did not find anything relevant. You might > > > want to try the same, maybe you'll have better luck. There was chatter back in November about > > > someone having issues with the [shell] command, but no one was able to answer why it was not > > > working and everyone just gave different work arounds instead of addressing the non-working > > > [shell] command issue. > > > > > > The only other idea I would try is to create a perl script, or php for that matter, that will > > > call the shell command for you. You would have to use a [redirect] tag and send the script your > > > variables. Then either use perl or php to run the gzip command, or just build the command and > > > pass it to the shell through that language. > > > > > > This is not the answer you are looking for, but I use every tool I know when programming on > > > unix/linux boxes to pull some really interesting stuff. > > > > > > Matt Perosi > > > nj-singles.com > > > ijo.com > > > > > > > > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > ok. ther it is again... > > > > got zip and installed it. libraries, etc.... it works fine on the command > > > > line BUT this doesn't work in the [shell] > > > > > > > > [text]do=/usr/sbin/zip [file_name].zip [file_name][/text] > > > > [shell] > > > > [do] > > > > [/shell] > > > > > > > > i tried [raw] around it - nothing.... > > > > i'm thinking to do a shell script but i'd still have to pass the variable > > > > [file_name] to it... > > > > > > > > any ideas? > > > > > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > grabbing at straws here... > > > > > > i don't know how the commands and options are passed to the shell but when i program in > > > > > > perl i always have better results when i create a variable with my full command and then > > > > > > just pass that single variable to the shell. > > > > > > > > > > > > i.e. > > > > > > > > > > > > [text]dothis=gzip -S .zip [file_name][/text] > > > > > > [shell] > > > > > > [dothis] > > > > > > [/shell] > > > > > thanks - i just saw that it doesn't work anyway... i don't know why yet. > > > > > apparently if you do: > > > > > > > > > > gzip -S .zip file > > > > > > > > > > is the same as > > > > > > > > > > gzip file > > > > > mv file.gz file.zip > > > > > > > > > > not good, not good... > > > > > i'm gonna get zip for bsd... thanks for helping out.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i've never used the [shell] command in WebDNA but how about skinning the cat this > > > > > > > > way... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [shell] > > > > > > > > gzip [file_name] > > > > > > > > mv [file_name].gz [file_name].zip > > > > > > > > [/shell] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that doesn't work even on the comand line... > > > > > > > i mean you can rename them but then you can uncompress them... gunzip and > > > > > > > unzip are producing errors.... > > > > > > > apparently there is some difference in the decompression betwen the gnu > > > > > > > zip (gzip) and the zip... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Matthew A Perosi > > > > > > > > Psi Prime, Inc. > > > > > > > > nj-singles.com > > > > > > > > ijo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > > > > i've been writing about those [shell] problems but nothing has been fixed. > > > > > > > > > we upgraded to the 4.5 recently and i'm trying a simple thing here: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [shell] > > > > > > > > > gzip -S .zip [file_name] > > > > > > > > > [/shell] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if i try it without the option -S .zip it works but the end suffix is > > > > > > > > > .gz . i know it's perfectly fine but the client wants it to be .zip (i > > > > > > > > > tryed to talk to them but...). so i use the -S option for the gzip. > > > > > > > > > it doesn't work. it comes out as a garbled file. it works fine on the > > > > > > > > > command line... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i had problems before executing a script with passed variables in the > > > > > > > > > [shell] context. it look like the command passed to the shell is not > > > > > > > > > really passed without alteration somehow somewhere. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this is on a freebsd box.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > any thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > the mailing list . > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > the mailing list . > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . 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  1. Re: shell problems again... (Le Pham 2003)
  2. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  3. Re: shell problems again... (Le Pham 2003)
  4. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  5. Re: shell problems again... (Matthew A Perosi 2003)
  6. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  7. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  8. Re: shell problems again... (Dale's Stuff 2003)
  9. Re: shell problems again... (Matthew A Perosi 2003)
  10. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  11. Re: shell problems again... (Stuart Tremain 2003)
  12. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  13. Re: shell problems again... (Matthew A Perosi 2003)
  14. Re: shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  15. Re: shell problems again... (Matthew A Perosi 2003)
  16. shell problems again... (Kalin Mintchev 2003)
that'd be very helpfull and appreciated....On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote:> Do you have perl installed and executable in a cgi-local or cgi-bin directory? > I could snip my perl code and give it to you. I pass variables to the .pl script > then create my command in a $cmd string then pass that whole thing to the > shell. > > I've been using that method since I started web programming in 1994 and I have > yet to encounter a shell command I could not execute that way. > > Matt > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > thanks... > > > > back in november it was me too... about a shell script i wanted to run and > > pass variables to it in [shell]... > > > > i alredy did the php with the redirect.... that doesn't work either... > > although simple commands like ls -al work fine a command like the one i'm > > trying to do wont.. that's the wierd part... > > > > there must be something wrong on how those commands are passed to the > > system. > > > > i think my problems are bigger then the [shell].... > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote: > > > > > I just did a quick search through the archives and did not find anything relevant. You might > > > want to try the same, maybe you'll have better luck. There was chatter back in November about > > > someone having issues with the [shell] command, but no one was able to answer why it was not > > > working and everyone just gave different work arounds instead of addressing the non-working > > > [shell] command issue. > > > > > > The only other idea I would try is to create a perl script, or php for that matter, that will > > > call the shell command for you. You would have to use a [redirect] tag and send the script your > > > variables. Then either use perl or php to run the gzip command, or just build the command and > > > pass it to the shell through that language. > > > > > > This is not the answer you are looking for, but I use every tool I know when programming on > > > unix/linux boxes to pull some really interesting stuff. > > > > > > Matt Perosi > > > nj-singles.com > > > ijo.com > > > > > > > > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > ok. ther it is again... > > > > got zip and installed it. libraries, etc.... it works fine on the command > > > > line BUT this doesn't work in the [shell] > > > > > > > > [text]do=/usr/sbin/zip [file_name].zip [file_name][/text] > > > > [shell] > > > > [do] > > > > [/shell] > > > > > > > > i tried [raw] around it - nothing.... > > > > i'm thinking to do a shell script but i'd still have to pass the variable > > > > [file_name] to it... > > > > > > > > any ideas? > > > > > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > grabbing at straws here... > > > > > > i don't know how the commands and options are passed to the shell but when i program in > > > > > > perl i always have better results when i create a variable with my full command and then > > > > > > just pass that single variable to the shell. > > > > > > > > > > > > i.e. > > > > > > > > > > > > [text]dothis=gzip -S .zip [file_name][/text] > > > > > > [shell] > > > > > > [dothis] > > > > > > [/shell] > > > > > thanks - i just saw that it doesn't work anyway... i don't know why yet. > > > > > apparently if you do: > > > > > > > > > > gzip -S .zip file > > > > > > > > > > is the same as > > > > > > > > > > gzip file > > > > > mv file.gz file.zip > > > > > > > > > > not good, not good... > > > > > i'm gonna get zip for bsd... thanks for helping out.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Matthew A Perosi wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i've never used the [shell] command in WebDNA but how about skinning the cat this > > > > > > > > way... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [shell] > > > > > > > > gzip [file_name] > > > > > > > > mv [file_name].gz [file_name].zip > > > > > > > > [/shell] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that doesn't work even on the comand line... > > > > > > > i mean you can rename them but then you can uncompress them... gunzip and > > > > > > > unzip are producing errors.... > > > > > > > apparently there is some difference in the decompression betwen the gnu > > > > > > > zip (gzip) and the zip... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Matthew A Perosi > > > > > > > > Psi Prime, Inc. > > > > > > > > nj-singles.com > > > > > > > > ijo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > > > > i've been writing about those [shell] problems but nothing has been fixed. > > > > > > > > > we upgraded to the 4.5 recently and i'm trying a simple thing here: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [shell] > > > > > > > > > gzip -S .zip [file_name] > > > > > > > > > [/shell] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if i try it without the option -S .zip it works but the end suffix is > > > > > > > > > .gz . i know it's perfectly fine but the client wants it to be .zip (i > > > > > > > > > tryed to talk to them but...). so i use the -S option for the gzip. > > > > > > > > > it doesn't work. it comes out as a garbled file. it works fine on the > > > > > > > > > command line... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i had problems before executing a script with passed variables in the > > > > > > > > > [shell] context. it look like the command passed to the shell is not > > > > > > > > > really passed without alteration somehow somewhere. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this is on a freebsd box.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > any thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > > the mailing list . > > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > > the mailing list . > > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > > the mailing list . > > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . 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