Where do Web servers hide their Web?
[1/11] from: al:bri:xtra at: 10-Nov-2000 21:05
Sharriff asked:
> Excuse the naive question but:
>
> >>save http://127.0.0.1/ %testfile.txt
> connecting to: 127.0.0.1
>
> Can someone tell me where REBOL puts the file? I´ve tried it at home and
at work, the file is nowhere to be found on my Webserver configured as
Localhost. Yes , I´ve tried using its DNS Name:
> >>write http://isis/ %testfile.txt ( or save http://isis %testfile.txt)
> and I´ve searched "Hi and Lo" in every directory for the file-> nothing!.
> Reading an existing file works though...
Rebol send the file to your web server at tcp port 80 as bits and bytes.
What the webserver does with those bits and bytes, which are highly likely
to not be a valid http request, is nothing. It might send back a client
error message, but Rebol has not been told to look for it.
Andrew Martin
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[2/11] from: sharriff:aina:med-iq at: 10-Nov-2000 8:53
How can I write files or create directorys over HTTP then?
Cheers
Sharriff Aina
med.iq information & quality in healthcare AG
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Sharriff asked:
> Excuse the naive question but:
>
> >>save http://127.0.0.1/ %testfile.txt
> connecting to: 127.0.0.1
>
> Can someone tell me where REBOL puts the file? I´ve tried it at home and
at work, the file is nowhere to be found on my Webserver configured as
Localhost. Yes , I´ve tried using its DNS Name:
> >>write http://isis/ %testfile.txt ( or save http://isis %testfile.txt)
> and I´ve searched "Hi and Lo" in every directory for the file->
nothing!.
> Reading an existing file works though...
Rebol send the file to your web server at tcp port 80 as bits and bytes.
What the webserver does with those bits and bytes, which are highly likely
to not be a valid http request, is nothing. It might send back a client
error message, but Rebol has not been told to look for it.
Andrew Martin
ICQ: 26227169
http://members.nbci.com/AndrewMartin/
[3/11] from: al:bri:xtra at: 10-Nov-2000 22:21
Sharriff asked:
> How can I write files or create directorys over HTTP then?
Check out the "POST" method for your webserver (that'll only do part of the
job though). Alternatively, look at WikiWikiWiki, Ka Ping Yee's CritSuite,
Xerox's Sparrow/RiceBird.
Andrew Martin
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[4/11] from: gchiu:compkarori at: 10-Nov-2000 22:27
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:53:48 +0000
[Sharriff--Aina--med-iq--de] wrote:
> How can I write files or create directorys over HTTP
> then?
>
I do some debugging by
write %foo.txt cgi-request
and foo.txt should appear in the same directory as Rebol is
installed ( under win32 ) given sufficient security
settings.
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Graham Chiu
[5/11] from: johnkenyon:ibm at: 10-Nov-2000 10:07
Sharriff,
If you are using Apache have a look at
http://hpwww.ec-lyon.fr/~vincent/apache/mod_put.html
http://www.apacheweek.com/features/put
http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_actions.html
I am guessing that 'write http://url %file uses PUT
Cheers, John
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How can I write files or create directorys over HTTP then?
Cheers
Sharriff Aina
med.iq information & quality in healthcare AG
[6/11] from: sharriff:aina:med-iq at: 10-Nov-2000 10:17
Thanks John, but I´m using "XITAMI" from IMATIX, also freeware, easier to
install and administer. Does that mean that it´s a property that differs
among webservers? REBOL "read " or "loads" according to standardised
schemes, I thought it would be the same in reverse. This is another reason
why I´m looking for a REBOL based Webserver, I would now have to parse the
XITAMI .CFG file to add FTP users and rights, not a clean solution.
Much thanks
Sharriff Aina
med.iq information & quality in healthcare AG
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Sharriff,
If you are using Apache have a look at
http://hpwww.ec-lyon.fr/~vincent/apache/mod_put.html
http://www.apacheweek.com/features/put
http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_actions.html
I am guessing that 'write http://url %file uses PUT
Cheers, John
8<--
How can I write files or create directorys over HTTP then?
Cheers
Sharriff Aina
med.iq information & quality in healthcare AG
[7/11] from: al:bri:xtra at: 10-Nov-2000 23:50
Here's a HTML form that can send a file to the server:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method=post
action="cgi-bin/save_file.r">
File: <input type=file size=20 name=the_file>
</form>
It's taken from the Koala book from O'Reilly.
What the server or cgi does with the file, is up to the server or cgi.
Andrew Martin
ICQ: 26227169
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[8/11] from: sharriff:aina:med-iq at: 10-Nov-2000 11:03
I know can send data by just writing the right encrytion type. I cut and
pasted another enctype from GMX; "enctype="multipart/binary" for example. I
know that GET or POST would would work if all that I would want to do is
send files to the server, but what I want is a method to write directorys
and files from REBOL programatically. Something like a very simplified
WebDAV
procedure
Sharriff Aina
med.iq information & quality in healthcare AG
[9/11] from: johnkenyon::uk::ibm::com at: 10-Nov-2000 11:48
Sharriff,
>Does that mean that it´s a property that differs
>among webservers?
Yes, I believe so. I think the main reason many web servers do not support
PUT is down to security. A rebol based web server may hold the answer.
Cheers, John
8<--
Thanks John, but I´m using "XITAMI" from IMATIX, also freeware, easier to
install and administer. Does that mean that it´s a property that differs
among webservers? REBOL "read " or "loads" according to standardised
schemes, I thought it would be the same in reverse. This is another reason
why I´m looking for a REBOL based Webserver, I would now have to parse the
XITAMI .CFG file to add FTP users and rights, not a clean solution.
Much thanks
Sharriff Aina
med.iq information & quality in healthcare AG
[10/11] from: coussement:c:itc:mil:be at: 13-Nov-2000 8:52
Hi list:
It's for sure a newbie question but ...
what's the meaning of 'wiki' within the REBOLution ?
I read it lot of time, but never found explainations !
Kind Regards,
C. COUSSEMENT
[11/11] from: deadzaphod:ho:tmail at: 14-Nov-2000 2:02
> I know can send data by just writing the right encrytion type. I cut and
> pasted another enctype from GMX; "enctype="multipart/binary" for example. I
> know that GET or POST would would work if all that I would want to do is
> send files to the server, but what I want is a method to write directorys
> and files from REBOL programatically. Something like a very simplified
> "WebDAV" procedure
That is not a exactly part of HTTP. The protocol includes the PUT method, which some
servers support as a way to upload files, but the semantics of using it are not
standardized or widely supported.
Also, allowing FTP access to a machine is the job of an FTP server, and is entirely
separate from serving up web pages.