Hi,
I have a perl script that I would like to make available on-line. I suspect the target community (microbiologists) has no interest in getting/learning perl for themselves and would prefer to use it as an on-line resource. Since I am a newbie at much of this, I was wondering if someone could direct me where I can learn to do this.
My plan would be to have people upload a file and execute the script and
be able to have the results (several files) emailed to them when the
script is done running. The script can take awhile to run so it would
be good if the submitter could leave the site while the script is being
executed. I'm sorry if this idea and question seems a bit naive but I'm
not sure how/if I should go about doing this. Any suggestions would be
great.
Here's some thoughts I had, just reading your message.
I would convert your script to run as a daemon in the background. Have it watch a specific directory and get to work whenever a file pops up there. When it's done, email the results off.
After that you just need a web page with an upload form and a simple CGI script that drops the file in the right directory. You may actually need to drop two files, since you'll probably need some other metadata (an email address, for example). Also remember the cardinal rule for this type of "mailbox" setup, add the file to the directory with some name or extension your script ignores, then rename it to something the script will pick up on. This keeps your script from seeing the file until it's complete.
Well, those are just some of my basic ideas. Hope that at least gets you thinking in the right direction. Good luck with your project.
James
Thanks, Pat
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