server side include to redirect standard out from a shell command??

[RobJordan]

I would like to create an html document
that calls a shell script and lists
the standard output in the browser window.
I am not sure of the syntax and/or file naming
standards to do this task.

sample shell script:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
ls -l #list directory contents

Thank you,

Robert

Robert G. Jordan

Robert@JORDAN2000.com

http://www.JORDAN2000.com

Unix Sys Admin
Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.

 

[goBoating]

Sounds exactly like PHP or ASP, to me. It could also easily be done with a little simple CGI. Due to security concerns, a simple server-side include is not going to give you access to system calls. 'hope this helps

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[tsdragon]

I don't know why a server-side include wouldn't give you access to system calls. You can so an SSI exec command to call a perl program which contains system calls, so the same thing should hold true for shell programs. Tracy Dryden
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