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Old 04-01-2008
cgi script to echo a html file

Hi,
I'm learning some simple cgi scripting. I can make a script like this,
so my browser shows "Hello World"

/www/cgi-bin/name.sh

---
#!/bin/sh
MyName=World
echo "<html> Hello $MyName </html>"
---

What I'd like is to have a separate html and script files in the cgi folder so
the script generates variables that are used in the html

Something like:

/www/cgi-bin/name.sh
---
#!/bin/sh
MyName=World
cat name.html
---

and
/www/cgi-bin/name.html

<html><h1>Hello $MyName<br>
</form></body></html>

---

Now this does not work as cat doesn't replace the varaible. I've also tried
a looped echo of the html file but again that doesn't work.

So my question, how to most elegantly do this ?

It would be cool to have a general solution that could replace many variables in the html file.

Many Thanks
 

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NAME
cgi_cookie_clear - clear browser cookie SYNOPSIS
#include <cgi/cgi.h> NEOERR *cgi_cookie_clear (CGI *cgi, const char *name, const char *domain, const char *path); ARGUMENTS
cgi - a CGI struct name - the cookie name to clear domain - the domain to clear, NULL for none path - the cookie's path DESCRIPTION
cgi_cookie_clear will send back a Set-Cookie string that will attempt to stop a browser from continuing to send back a cookie. Note that the cookie has to match in name, domain, and path, and the luck of the Irish has to be with you for this work all the time, but at the least it will make the browser send back a cookie with no value, which the ClearSilver cookie parsing code will ignore. RETURN VALUE
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