> I am trying to extend sh-httpd to handle POST and PUT. PUT is not an issue > since all the parameters are present in the request. > > The problem I have with POST is that the paramters come as a line of text > but no line terminator (at least from Netscape) and the connection is not > closed so the read command a shell script does not terminate. > > Is there a way to read everything from stdin without having to have a > termination character? Something like getc() would be great.
You'll have to check the RFC's for the exact server requirments when handling POST, but IIRC, you have to look at the content-length field, and read that many bytes from the input stream. This is a good use for dd. Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
