Hmm... I tried posting this at [EMAIL PROTECTED] but haven't gotten
much back so I'll try here...
Hi all,
I hope this isn't a goofy question ;-) I have a simple CGI front end
for processing Snort logs with Calamaris. It is currently set up like this:
sub do_report
{ local ($command) = @_;
$| = 1;
print "Content-type: text/html \n\n";
system ("$command 2> /dev/null");
} # end sub do_report
$command is something like:
$command = "cat /my/log | /path/to/calamaris -options -to -output -html -etc"
This works fine when processing smallish logs. However, as my logs have
grown, I frequently get browser time outs. What I was thinking is to start
the log processing then send some sort or server push animation until
Calamaris is done then push the resulting report. Is this the correct way
to go about this? If so, how? If not, what is the "right" way?
Here is my first attempt to solve this:
sub do_report
{ local ($command) = @_;
$| = 1;
print "Content-type: multipart/x-mixed-replace;boundary=End\n\n";
open REPORT, "$command 2> /dev/null |" or die
my $message = "Working";
until (<REPORT>)
{ $message .= ".";
print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n$message\n--End\n"
sleep(1);
}# end until
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
while (<REPORT>)
{ print;
}# end while
print "\n--End--\n"
But this doesn't work )-;
Maybe someone will get a better idea of what I'm trying to do
from it though. Thanks again for any help.
Thanks to all for any input,
-Bill
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