SPUG: Using HTML as GUI

Terry Nightingale tnight at pobox.com
Fri Jul 25 14:47:13 CDT 2003


Asim Jalis wrote:

> Here's the problem in this happy story. What if the machine does
> not have IIS? How do I run this as a localhost CGI script in that
> case? Are there tiny web servers that can be configured to just
> run a single (Perl) program? I want to keep the machine secure,
> and at the same time use a local web server as a cheap way to get
> a GUI.

Here's my favorite tiny local webserver:

http://httpi.floodgap.com/

As the web page says, you don't need any additional libraries.  The 
script is relatively small and easy to understand, so customizing it for 
your needs (if necessary) should be straightforward.


-- 
Terry Nightingale <tnight at pobox.com>
Web Developer, Philosopher, Geek
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in
practice, there is." -- Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut




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