in reply to Re: Creating .gif images with Perl
in thread Creating .gif images with Perl

Unfortunately our web host doesn't let you execute binarys out of writeable directories. Is there any other way for a Perl program to create an image that's viewable by both Netscape and IE?

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Re: Re: Re: Creating .gif images with Perl
by tomhukins (Curate) on Jan 14, 2003 at 08:04 UTC

    If your Web host doesn't let you execute binaries from writeable directories, why not remove write permissions from the directory once you have placed the executables there? I don't understand why this would cause any problems. Do you have other problems you haven't mentioned yet?

      The only binarys we can execute are in /usr /bin or /etc
      /usr /bin and /etc are read-only
        You should be able to execute binaries anywhere if you specify an absolute path rather than relying on PATH. That there are regular use binaries in /etc strikes me as extremly odd.

        Makeshifts last the longest.

Re: Re: Re: Creating .gif images with Perl
by helgi (Hermit) on Jan 14, 2003 at 12:28 UTC
    our web host doesn't let you execute binarys out of writeable directories

    What does that have to do with the price of fish?? Don't make the directory writeable then!

    Install your own modules. I suggest GD.

    Read perldoc -q "my own module" for details.

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