Hi Monks,

I've got a quandry. I need to write a script that collects information from a user. The ideal way to do this would be to write a CGI script that prints up a pretty HTML form for the user to fill out. When the user clicks "Submit", the script would collect the parameters they've entered, do some processing, and spit out the result into a text file which will be used elsewhere.

That's where the problem comes in. For at least a few months, I won't be able to put this script on a webserver.

What I'd like to do is write one script with a command-line interface that collects the data and puts it in a text file (no processing). This script would then call up a CGI script with input redirected to the text file. The CGI script would do all the processing and create the final output. That way when I am finally able to get this tool on the web, I can just plunk the CGI sript on the server and be done.

So what kind of formatting do I need to have my command-line tool write the paramters to so that the CGI script can read it easily? Does the file need to look like:

key1=value1&key2=value2&key3=value3

Or maybe:

key1=value1
key2=value2
key3=value3

Or what?

In reply to Redirect CGI input? by Anonymous Monk

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