Hi,

I have never really used Perl, and before I spend lots of time trying to learn it, I'd like to know if it will be able to do what I need.

I have a .c file that I have compiled into an executable. The user would like to be able to run this from the command line (not a problem) or from a web-based interface (uh-oh!). So, I guess I want to be able to:

1. Pass an executable a couple of parameters gathered from an HTML form (using a POST method?)
2. Wait for the .exe to generate the new HTML code
3. Load the newly generated html page back into the browser

Does this sound like a good candidate for a Perl script? As a novice Perl programmer, would I be getting in over my head? I have about 5 days to figure out and implement this. If Perl isn't the right answer, can anyone suggest another scripting language that could accomplish this?

I'm a ColdFusion programmer by trade, but have to write this script to run on a W2K server, running Apache and CygWin. Woe is me... ;)

Thanks,

-DJ

In reply to Can Perl do this...? by DJ

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