Completely new area for me, so I need some initial ideas from fellow monks. I have the following scenario: a) client 1 sends data via GET to CGI script on server. When CGI script receives data, it b) manipulates it and c) it needs to send the result to client 2.

I have already implemented a) and b), but have no idea how can I send data to second client. Data are small chunks of text.

First naive idea that came into mind: CGI writes data to file, client 2 reads data from file. However, this is not a one shot operation, but this is almost a continuous loop client1->server->client2, so I think my idea is too naive even for me. What (easy) approach would you recommend? What should I look for? Any suggestion very much appreciated.

In reply to CGI send data to client by Anonymous Monk

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