Re: [mv] Minivend site on a CD-ROM?

[Mike Heins <mikeh@minivend.com>]

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Quoting Christopher Thompson (ct@arborinternet.com):
> 
> Thanks for the info Mike. I don't think installing Apache is a option. A
> simple installation on low end machines is what is wanted.
> 
> I guess what is not clear to me is the mechanics of doing this. The concept
> I have is of replacing the Apache/CGI interface with a direct call to Perl.
> I imagine an [area catalog] statement generating a URL something like (E:
> being the CD-ROM):
> 
>   "E:\perl\bin\perl E:\mvend\bin\minivend E:\mycat\pages\catalog.html?..."
> 
> or would it call the catalog CGI script which would in turn call the
> minivend script, such as:
> 
>   "E:\perl\bin\perl E:\bin\mycat E:\mycat\pages\catalog.html?..."
> 
> 
> Obviously I am giving these as examples with full paths. I am just trying to
> understand how to get from:
> 
> request -> Apache -> cgi -> minivend -> Apache -> html
> 
> to:
> 
> request -> minivend -> html
> 
> or
> 
> request -> cgi -> minivend -> html
> 

Oh no, no. You would do:

Variable SERVER_NAME   127.0.0.1:7786
Variable CGI_URL       /simple

# Whatever works on the box
ImageDir               file:/simple/images

Let Minivend handle the browser requests, and take the images off of the
CDROM. No Apache is needed...but it really would be simple to install that.

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