Re: [Boston.pm] reading in a directory

2004-12-07 Thread Gyepi SAM
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 02:41:36PM -0800, joe wrote: > php does multiple file uploads; I've seen it work but haven't looked at > how it manages it. More here: > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.multiple.php The link shows an example of "multiple file uploads" where each file

Re: [Boston.pm] reading in a directory

2004-12-07 Thread Daniel Allen
To add to the list of options: There is a module for Apache known as mod_dav that implements Web Folders (DAV). DAV is very nicely supported on Windows and Mac (less well on Linux) and will let you treat a server space as a folder; file transfers are done via HTTP GET and PUT. However,

Re: [Boston.pm] reading in a directory

2004-12-07 Thread Tom Metro
James Linden Rose, III wrote: http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.multiple.php It seems to be showing PHP's ability to parse multiple files in the upload, but not now you get multiple files into the HTML form code in the first place. Agreed. I don't know PHP but the code snippet

Re: [Boston.pm] reading in a directory

2004-12-07 Thread Sean Quinlan
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 16:31, Alex Brelsfoard wrote: > Wow, well it's good to see we're all on the same page. Three replies all > suggesting the same option.. zipped files. Yeah here's the trick. > I'm trying to make this process easier for my mother, not myself. So in > the end, this

Re: [Boston.pm] reading in a directory

2004-12-07 Thread James Linden Rose, III
Maybe I'm dead wrong, but it looks to me as though that tip isn't going to help. It seems to be showing PHP's ability to parse multiple files in the upload, but not now you get multiple files into the HTML form code in the first place. On Tuesday, Dec 7, 2004, at 17:41 US/Eastern, joe wrote:

Re: [Boston.pm] reading in a directory

2004-12-07 Thread joe
php does multiple file uploads; I've seen it work but haven't looked at how it manages it. More here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.multiple.php On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:31:22 -0600 (CST), "Alex Brelsfoard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Wow, well it's good to see we're all on the

Re: [Boston.pm] reading in a directory

2004-12-07 Thread Alex Brelsfoard
Wow, well it's good to see we're all on the same page. Three replies all suggesting the same option.. zipped files. Yeah here's the trick. I'm trying to make this process easier for my mother, not myself. So in the end, this is adding another layer... So, if I don't want to do the

Re: [Boston.pm] reading in a directory

2004-12-07 Thread John Saylor
hi ( 04.12.07 14:13 -0600 ) Alex Brelsfoard: > But say I want to upload all of the pictures from a wedding or > something. zip them up into one file. [pre-process] i don't think the browser file selection controls are anywhere near as flexible as local graphical file selection controls. i

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experi ence with VPS?

2004-12-07 Thread Gyepi SAM
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 03:14:13PM -0500, Philipp Hanes wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: Peter Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I just visited www.tektonic.com, and they appear to be an > > acquisitions/holding company... do you have a direct link to > > information on their

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-07 Thread Gyepi SAM
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 01:27:55PM -0500, David Meyers wrote: > I looked into using a VPS and the thing which kept me from going > with it was the lack of backups. Any backing up of one's server > had to be done by oneself. Mine claims to backup every night. I have not had to test it and I also

Re: [Boston.pm] reading in a directory

2004-12-07 Thread Alex Brelsfoard
Well, basically, I'm just trying to do a batch upload for my photo album. I already have it setup so that I can upload one picture at a time. But say I want to upload all of the pictures from a wedding or something. They all belong to the same album, have the same date, same photographer, and

Re: [Boston.pm] reading in a directory

2004-12-07 Thread Tom Metro
Alex Brelsfoard wrote: I would like to create a form (html) that...give[s] the user an option to select a directory from their hard drive. Much like the option, only with this I want to select a directory. I think you're out of luck. You could always have a simple text box to allow the user to

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-07 Thread James Linden Rose, III
While we're on the topic, this lurker would like to know if there is anything better for running multiple websites than a BHCOM.com virtual server (I pay $59 per month for the virtual server, and $25 per month to be able to host up to 25 domain names (total $84). All of my websites have the

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-07 Thread Peter Wood
I just visited www.tektonic.com, and they appear to be an acquisitions/holding company... do you have a direct link to information on their services? > After years of using shared hosting services, I switched about a year ago to a > UML based VPS with tektonic.com and am quite happy with it. > >

[Boston.pm] reading in a directory

2004-12-07 Thread Alex Brelsfoard
Howdy all. I have a quick (hopefully) and easy (hopefully) question you might be able to help me with. I would like to create a form (html) that takes in a little bit of info. Most importantly I want it to give the user an option to select a directory from their hard drive. Much like the

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: LDAP

2004-12-07 Thread Ranga Nathan
Thansk Ted and others. I see that in an environment such as ours (all kinds of platforms), I can see a local web-based security manager powered by Perl for maintaining the LDAP directory, which then automatically replicates to others. A problem we have with Active Directory ( :-( ) is that the

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: blosxom

2004-12-07 Thread Federico Lucifredi
Hey Greg, I have been using blosxom since one of the early "imaginary number" version releases (0.x+i). I strongly recommend it, it is essentially a clever perl script, very minimalistic, it builds on *NIX assumprions (as it should!), so that you simply create a text file in a certain

Re: [Boston.pm] I/O to device

2004-12-07 Thread Andrew M. Langmead
On Dec 6, 2004, at 11:12 PM, Ranga Nathan wrote: I need to write to /dev/cpcmd and read back from it. Can someone start me up in the right direction? You probably want to open the file as "+ You probably want to set command buffering on the filehandle, (my $oldfh=select(CPCMD); $|++;select

[Boston.pm] OT: blosxom

2004-12-07 Thread Greg London
my website is on Pair. I want to put a blog up on my site. Pair has blosxom on the list of tools they have. According to blosxom homepage, it's pure perl, so its sort of a on-topic question. Anyone know anything about blogging as far as which blogging software is good? Is it all a wash? Is

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-07 Thread David Meyers
Gyepi SAM wrote: On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 01:11:00AM -0500, Andrew Langmead wrote: Does anyone have any experience with any companies providing "Virtual Private Server" (also called "Virtual Dedicated Hosting")? The main disadvantage I have found is that you cannot run commands which require

[Boston.pm] I/O to device

2004-12-07 Thread Ranga Nathan
An interface to z/VM's command processor (CP) is implemented as a device (/dev/cpcmd) I want to use perl to send commands and receive results. I have never done I/O to device, so this is something new. I have a sample c program that does: fd = open(CPDEV, O_RDWR); if (fd >= 0) { rc =

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: LDAP

2004-12-07 Thread Ted Zlatanov
On Fri, 03 Dec 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ted Zlatanov wrote: >> LDAP is essential if you plan to run a serious mail server. There's >> very few alternatives to a well-managed LDAP server for your user >> user directory. > > There appears to be a trend towards using SQL databases,

[Boston.pm] OT: Recommendation for mail server? - a possible answer!

2004-12-07 Thread Ranga Nathan
I found that we already have a Mandrake box running Postfix. With the reviews I had from this list, it seems to be a reasonably good choice. Thank you all. __ Ranga Nathan / CSG Systems Programmer - Specialist; Technical Services; BAX Global Inc.

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Courier IMAP

2004-12-07 Thread Ted Zlatanov
On Fri, 03 Dec 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ted Zlatanov wrote: >> Courier IMAP is very reliable and standards-compliant. > > The problem with Courier IMAP is the support community. When I > researched it I found several people complaining about how the lead > developer(s) ran the project.

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-07 Thread Gyepi SAM
On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 01:11:00AM -0500, Andrew Langmead wrote: >Does anyone have any experience with any companies providing "Virtual Private >Server" (also > called "Virtual Dedicated Hosting")? After years of using shared hosting services, I switched about a year ago to a UML based VPS