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  • Partially fixed...

    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to All on Mon Nov 14 15:43:42 2005
    Hi, everyone.

    After tinkering a bit, I discovered the real problem-evidently Telegard resets the caller file at the beginning of each day, so there's not always 10 callers when the program's run. By modifying the code a bit, that error disappeared (although I know it certainly can't hurt locking the file being read in read-only mode).

    I have another question: this CGI reads in a config file. However, I can't figure out how to get the CGI to read the file without hardcoding the location into the actual program itself. I don't want to pass this on the command line when the CGI is called. Does anyone know a way around this?

    Thanks,
    Sean

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  • From Michael Preslar@1:275/112 to Sean Dennis on Tue Nov 15 12:33:48 2005
    Re: Partially fixed...
    By: Sean Dennis to All on Mon Nov 14 2005 03:43 pm

    I have another question: this CGI reads in a config file. However, I can't figure out how to get the CGI to read the file without hardcoding the locati into the actual program itself. I don't want to pass this on the command li when the CGI is called. Does anyone know a way around this?

    Try

    var s:string;

    s := getenv('SCRIPT_FILENAME');

    {$ifdef FORNIX<curly bracket. my telnet client doesnt like em>

    while s[length(s) <> '/' do delete(s,length(s),1);


    {else<curly>

    while s[length(s) <> '\' do delete(s,length(s),1);

    {$endif<curly>

    s := s + 'config.cfg';

    Email me and Ill show you a cgi that shows all of the useful environment variables available to cgis.
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