On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:50:10 -0600, Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >PaulS wrote: >> Connecting to a Linux server from XP pc using a telnet program, I run a >> report and convert it to a pdf document(using Reportlab) which I need to >> display. The pdf is on the Linux server. Ideas how to display to the pc >> would be appreciated. thanks, paul >> >> >You will need webserver running (Apache?) on Linux server that shows a page >that >has a link to the pdf file that you created. > >Alternatively you can use SimpleHTTPServer module or Twisted to make a more >stripped down webserver but it is probably easier just to use Apache.
Serving static files with Twisted is pretty easy: twistd web --port abcd --path /foo/bar I don't think any way you can set up Apache is easier than that. ;) > >You didn't say if the Linux server was local or not. If local, you could use >SAMBA to create a SMB share and have the XP PC get to it that way. There are >other ways, but these should get you started. > >-Larry Jean-Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list