From: "Gopher-Project" <gopher-project-bounces+rachael=telefisk.org@lists.alioth.debian.org> Date: Thu Jan 23 16:47:15 2014 Subject: Re: [gopher] Calling scripts from Gopher > After rediscovering Gopherspace after several decades and setting up > a Bucktooth server in a Raspberry Pi, I'm canvassing opinions as to the > desirability of writing and deploying scripts to be called using an > itemtype 7 - Search. As Kim mentioned, lots of people do this (Veronica-2 is implemented in exactly this manner). It's analogous to CGI. > I'm well aware of the security implications of "bending" the original spec > in this way, but what I'm trying to achieve is a relatively simple database > lookup to query a database on another machine and return the result as > a gopher-friendly stream. Sounds like a great idea to me! -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser@floodgap.com -- TRUE HEADLINE: Prostitutes Appeal to Pope ---------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Gopher-Project mailing list Gopher-Project@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gopher-project Thread start (DIR) [gopher] Calling scripts from Gopher (DIR) Followup: Re: [gopher] Calling scripts from Gopher (DIR) Followup: Re: [gopher] Calling scripts from Gopher (DIR) Followup: Re: [gopher] Calling scripts from Gopher