Re: LYNX-DEV Implementing CGI scripts with Lynx 2.6

[Tom Zerucha]

On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Keith Williamson wrote:

> When a lynxcgi link is used as the action of a form with method=post,
> where does the lynx send the value of the form variables?

Lynx has always appended the post data after the header it sends from what
I have seen.

Since you have not posted any sample forms (change the NAME=s if it is
necessary to protect the innocent), nor any -trace output, it is hard to
tell if Lynx has a problem, or if the HTML is doing something silly to
produce something Lynx considers a blank form.
 
> I'm trying to get info from the form into a shell script, cgiparse hangs 
> every time, as if there is no data to read from stdin...

Then cgiparse has a problem - it should not hang.  Did you happen to
notice if there was a content-length or type in the header?  Any error log
output?  How do you know that cgiparse is hanging?

> Am I doing something wrong or is my copy of cgiparse not working?

It is very hard to tell since I don't even know what OS you are using,
which version, and which version of cgiparse.

> Do I even need the cgiparse program?  I've had no luck looking on the internet
> for documentation that explains how this should work.  This list is my best 
> bet.

I have no idea either.  I use Apache under Linux and it seems to
understand what I throw at it.  You obviously have an http server of some
kind.  You may want to start with some sample scripts that came with
whatever you have, or buy a CGI programming book of some kind (preferably
one written with your server in mind).

> Could someone please help...anyone.

Follow up with a few more details as I have suggested.  It is very hard to
diagnose stomach irritation from peritonitis with just "my belly aches",
although I will admit I am often guilty of doing the same.

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