LPM: CGI question

[David Hempy]

At 04:18 PM 1/11/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm trying to figure out the best way of telling whether a script was 
>invoked through a browser or from the command line.  Right now
>I'm checking if ENV{"HTTP_HOST"} exists (yes = browser; no = command 
>line).  Does anyone know of a better way to do this?
>
>Thanks!
>Janine


That is precisely how I do it.

-dave


ps.  Not quite related, but FWIW:

On occasion, I will forego using CGI for quick-and-dirty cgi scripts that 
need minimal parameter support:

if ($ENV{SERVER_URL} =~ /preview/) {
         ## do different stuff
}


Probably doesn't save any trees in practice, but what the heck.

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David Hempy
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Kentucky Educational Television
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