[Newlug] Linux batch script question

[Ben DuPont]

Like others have mentioned, a CGI program looks for POST data on stdin.
That's why the script is hanging.  Try this:

echo "ctlrec=749&ctlval=3556&tcode=+4617780+&oldcrec=76149
+&reference=INVO2233" | ./geninvo.cgi

If that doesn't work, you might have to force an EOF character:

echo -e "ctlrec=749&ctlval=3556&tcode=+4617780+&oldcrec=76149
+&reference=INVO2233\0032" | ./geninvo.cgi

You might also have to add the -n option to remove the new line
character.

Ben

On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 09:39 -0500, Mike Schwartz wrote:
>      I’m trying to debug a script that is called from a web site and
> spits back a .PDF file after the user clicks on the invoice number he
> wants to see. 
> 
>  
> 
>      The following script, named genpod.cgi, is on a Linux box and is
> supposed to be able to be run from the command line after setting
> QUERY_STRING to the following value:
> 
>  
> 
> mike:>   export QUERY_STRING=’ctlrec=749&ctlval=3556&tcode=+4617780
> +&oldcrec=76149+&reference=INVO2233’
> 
>  
> 
> mike:>   ./geninvo.cgi 
> 
>      
> 
>      However, the script seems to hang up at the “cat >$FPWP2” line.
> It never creates the .out, .err, etc. output files.
> 
>  
> 
>       My question is:  what is the “cat” command actually
> concatenating at this point?  Is it expecting another $1 parameter
> after the ./geninvo.cgi command?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>  
> 
> Mike Schwartz
> 
>  
> 
> ----- ----- ----------------------------------
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
>  
> 
> umask 0
> 
>  
> 
> FPWSYS=$$
> 
> FPWP2=/tmp/fpwp2.$$
> 
> export FPWSYS FPWP2
> 
>  
> 
> . ./setglobal.bat
> 
>  
> 
> cat > $FPWP2
> 
> echo >> $FPWP2
> 
>  
> 
> > /fpmerge/$$.out
> 
> > /fpmerge/$$.err
> 
> > /fpmerge/$$.frm
> 
> > /fpmerge/$$.pcl
> 
> > /ptmp/${FPWSYS}.pdf
> 
>  
> 
> #############  main  ##
> 
> (other commands snipped…)
> 
>