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RE: [mv] Minivend site on a CD-ROM?
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I've seen (in use, not the actual images) bootable CD-Roms that load linux /
apache for low-end / temporary web-services. add minivend, it might work?
perhaps this might be an option?
Cory
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> ****** message to minivend-users from "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
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-minivend-users@minivend.com
> > [mailto:owner-minivend-users@minivend.com]On Behalf Of Mike Heins
> > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 10:40 AM
> > To: minivend-users@minivend.com
> > Subject: Re: [mv] Minivend site on a CD-ROM?
> >
> >
> > ****** message to minivend-users from Mike Heins
> > <mikeh@minivend.com> ******
> >
> > Quoting Christopher Thompson (ct@arborinternet.com):
> > >
> > > I had a client ask if part of their Minivend (3.15) site could be put on
> > > CD-ROM. That made me wonder if you could run a site locally
> > through Perl and
> > > the minivend script only without a webserver (obviously with some
> > > modification). I know MV has a mini webserver in it. Many of
> > the pages in
> > > question are mostly a big [perl] statements, so recoding the
> > whole thing in
> > > Perl is Plan A at this point. But the idea of the minivend
> > script serving up
> > > pages directly sounded interesting.
> > >
> >
> > I actually built one of these once, back in MV3.08 or so days, on
> > a Windows box. It was going to be a touch-screen kiosk mirroring
> > an online catalog, but the project never took off.
> >
> > This effort was mightily helped by the fact that the Windows version
> > file locking routine was sub {1}. I think I changed the source to not
> > do sessions, so nothing was ever written.
> >
> > I have fixed the MSIE redirect problems of the internal web server
> > in Interchange, so it would be even more possible to do this.
> >
> > > I know webserverless Minivend sounds hair-brained, but then I
> > thought about
> > > Mike Heins back in his castle laboratory having Igor reel the kites out
> > > further so he can get more electricity for his creation . . .
> > >
> >
> > 8-) In this case, the hard part would be mapping the right files to the
> > CDROM. With disk space as cheap as it is, it is probably just easier to
> > copy from the CDROM via an RPM and put up a demo catalog. And install
> > Apache at the same time. 8-) But the internal web server would serve
> > the images if you wanted it to.
> >
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