Any Perl gurus around?

[andy]

I normally pick up sample scripts from the web and customize them to fit the need.
hth

[Ivor1]

Mine's is non-existent but...

Need to create a script which;

1. Takes web form information and saves form.txt to a temp directory on the Linux server. The temp dir has to be unique - /temp/5367657653123/form.txt

2. Run a command like - runme a.out text.out out.bin

3. The created out.bin needs then to be made available for download by the user from a webpage or emailed to him.

Sounds simple but I haven't got a clue where to start with this. Any help appreciated.

Fook thats not a question thats a piece of work To be honest if you know no Perl your better off finding someone else to do it.

Or do as Andy said find something to crib of and custimise, thats what I tend to do.

[Cliphead]

Fook thats not a question thats a piece of work To be honest if you know no Perl your better off finding someone else to do it.

awright, I give in, gimme a price

[bogeyman]

Mine's is non-existent but...

Need to create a script which;

1. Takes web form information and saves form.txt to a temp directory on the Linux server. The temp dir has to be unique - /temp/5367657653123/form.txt

2. Run a command like - runme a.out text.out out.bin

3. The created out.bin needs then to be made available for download by the user from a webpage or emailed to him.

Sounds simple but I haven't got a clue where to start with this. Any help appreciated.

Firstly, if I'm understanding you correctly, you need to insert code in the form's POST handling.

You can gather the HTTP POST variables there, and format them into a text file (or an XML file if you want to be fancy) and save it to any dir you have write access to. You can easily generate a random temp filename (google for that or look at http://search.cpan.org/~jhi/perl-5.8.0/lib/File/Temp.pm.

I don't understand what you want to do from there on from your description.

Perhaps you could elucidate.

[Cliphead]

Firstly, if I'm understanding you correctly, you need to insert code in the form's POST handling.

You can gather the HTTP POST variables there, and format them into a text file (or an XML file if you want to be fancy) and save it to any dir you have write access to. You can easily generate a random temp filename (google for that).

I don't understand what you want to do from there on from your description.

Perhaps you could elucidate.

There is a custom executable on the box which creates a file called out.bin to go the user, this is a software registration exercise. after form.txt gets written to the temp directory the command is run with 3 arguments (which are files), and the output file made available to the user to download or have it emailed to him.

[bogeyman]

There is a custom executable on the box which creates a file called out.bin to go the user, this is a software registration exercise. after form.txt gets written to the temp directory the command is run with 3 arguments (which are files), and the output file made available to the user to download or have it emailed to him.

So what does the 'out.bin' creator executable need in the way of input?

A text file with form data - but in what exact format?

[Cliphead]

So what does 'out.bin' need in the way of input?

A text file with form data - but in what exact format?

The command line would be;

cryptest.exe a.out input.txt disregard.txt output.bin

Run from the temp directory, as long as the form.txt lives there, out.bin is created. text file just plain like:

PURCHASE_DATE=12/02/2007
PURCHASE_ID=0
RUNNING_NO=1
PRODUCT_ID=215790
LANGUAGE_ID=2
QUANTITY=1
REG_NAME=Peter "Test" Müller
ADDITIONAL1=
ADDITIONAL2=
RESELLER=
LASTNAME=Müller
FIRSTNAME=Peter
COMPANY=
EMAIL=mueller@test.net
PHONE=
FAX=
STREET=
ZIP=
CITY=
STATE=
COUNTRY=

[Goya]

awright, I give in, gimme a price

May be worth speaking to that code monkey who is on here sometimes, Bob Shawadewadee or something.

[bogeyman]

The command line would be;

cryptest.exe a.out input.txt disregard.txt output.bin

Run from the temp directory, as long as the form.txt lives there, out.bin is created. text file just plain like:

PURCHASE_DATE=12/02/2007
PURCHASE_ID=0
RUNNING_NO=1
PRODUCT_ID=215790
LANGUAGE_ID=2
QUANTITY=1
REG_NAME=Peter "Test" Müller
ADDITIONAL1=
ADDITIONAL2=
RESELLER=
LASTNAME=Müller
FIRSTNAME=Peter
COMPANY=
EMAIL=mueller@test.net
PHONE=
FAX=
STREET=
ZIP=
CITY=
STATE=
COUNTRY=

Ok.

So capture the vars in the form post handler, get a temp file name, write the file in the format above.

Because the web server can't initiate cryptest.exe, you'd need to have a daemon to check the temp dir for the form capture files and then:

1) kick off cryptest.exe with the right args

2) delete (or move) the capture file.

[Cliphead]

Ok.

So capture the vars in the form post handler, get a temp file name, write the file in the format above.

Because the web server can't initiate cryptest.exe, you'd need to have a daemon to check the temp dir for the form capture files and then:

1) kick off cryptest.exe with the right args

2) delete (or move) the capture file.

Thanks, I can easily create a form I think, I'll plug away with the rest.