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File name from a form
Hi all can you help
I am trying to get a CGI script to create a file name from a from
I want to create an output file within the /tmp dir called Xxxx.conf
Xxxx would be the inputted value from the form
Here is my code minus some bits
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Redirection URL if required
$redirect_url = "";
# Output file
$form_name= "host_id" ; # what would I put in here print ?
$output_file = "/tmp/$form_name_" ;
##########################
# Parse Form Contents
&parse_form;
# Write to output file
&write_to_file;
# Return HTML Page or Redirect User
&return_html;
sub parse_form {
# Parse the incoming data depending on request method
if ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'GET') {
# Split the name-value pairs
@pairs = split(/&/, $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'});
} elsif ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'POST') {
# Read the input
read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
# Split the name-value pairs
@pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);
# THE BIT THAT SLITS UP THE FORM.
.
.
sub write_to_file {
if (defined($Form{'build_envi
open FH, ">" . $output_file;
print FH "host_id:" . $Form{' host_id t'} . "\n";
close FH;
}
}
I am trying to get a CGI script to create a file name from a from
I want to create an output file within the /tmp dir called Xxxx.conf
Xxxx would be the inputted value from the form
Here is my code minus some bits
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Redirection URL if required
$redirect_url = "";
# Output file
$form_name= "host_id" ; # what would I put in here print ?
$output_file = "/tmp/$form_name_" ;
##########################
# Parse Form Contents
&parse_form;
# Write to output file
&write_to_file;
# Return HTML Page or Redirect User
&return_html;
sub parse_form {
# Parse the incoming data depending on request method
if ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'GET') {
# Split the name-value pairs
@pairs = split(/&/, $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'});
} elsif ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'POST') {
# Read the input
read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
# Split the name-value pairs
@pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);
# THE BIT THAT SLITS UP THE FORM.
.
.
sub write_to_file {
if (defined($Form{'build_envi
open FH, ">" . $output_file;
print FH "host_id:" . $Form{' host_id t'} . "\n";
close FH;
}
}
I am pasting a perl script here that will do the job...
It assumes that you are passing only one file to the server
and no other input fields from the html. You can change the code if you want to accomodate more input variables.
I have tested the script against IE and Apache server and it worked fine.
=====================
#!/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
binmode STDIN;
while ( <STDIN> ) {
$line = $_ ;
$line =~ s/^M//g ;
chop $line;
if ( $line =~ /filename=/i ) {
$inputFileName = substr( $line, index ( $line , "filename=" ) );
$inputFileName =~ s/^.*\\// ;
$inputFileName =~ s/\"// ;
}
if( $line =~ /^$/ ) {
last ;
}
}
$outputFile = "/tmp/" . $inputFileName . ".conf" ;
open ( OUTPUT , ">$outputFile" );
binmode OUTPUT;
while ( <STDIN> ) {
$line = $_ ;
$line =~ s/^M//g ;
if( $line =~ /------------/ ) {
last;
}
print OUTPUT $line ;
}
close OUTPUT ;
print "\n$outputFile File Uploaded";
==========================
It assumes that you are passing only one file to the server
and no other input fields from the html. You can change the code if you want to accomodate more input variables.
I have tested the script against IE and Apache server and it worked fine.
=====================
#!/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
binmode STDIN;
while ( <STDIN> ) {
$line = $_ ;
$line =~ s/^M//g ;
chop $line;
if ( $line =~ /filename=/i ) {
$inputFileName = substr( $line, index ( $line , "filename=" ) );
$inputFileName =~ s/^.*\\// ;
$inputFileName =~ s/\"// ;
}
if( $line =~ /^$/ ) {
last ;
}
}
$outputFile = "/tmp/" . $inputFileName . ".conf" ;
open ( OUTPUT , ">$outputFile" );
binmode OUTPUT;
while ( <STDIN> ) {
$line = $_ ;
$line =~ s/^M//g ;
if( $line =~ /------------/ ) {
last;
}
print OUTPUT $line ;
}
close OUTPUT ;
print "\n$outputFile File Uploaded";
==========================
ASKER
Do i have to go through all that to get the value out of a form
sub write_to_file {
if (defined($Form{'build_envi
open FH, ">" . $output_file;
print FH "host_id:" . $Form{'host_id'} . "\n";
close FH;
}
}
if some thing like the above prints to the output file could i not re use $Form{'host_id'} again for the file name ?
sub write_to_file {
if (defined($Form{'build_envi
open FH, ">" . $output_file;
print FH "host_id:" . $Form{'host_id'} . "\n";
close FH;
}
}
if some thing like the above prints to the output file could i not re use $Form{'host_id'} again for the file name ?
webstep,
The script I included before is the crude way of implementing what you wanted and it does work. But sorry I don't know what is "$Form{'build_environment'
"$Form{'host_id'}" that you are using.
The script I included before is the crude way of implementing what you wanted and it does work. But sorry I don't know what is "$Form{'build_environment'
"$Form{'host_id'}" that you are using.
ASKER
Sorry as I totally new to scripting and was trying to get this peice of code to work
From what I can read from the code the form send the data and then outputted to the screen
All I wish to do it grab the host id variable and put it as the file name
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Redirection URL if required
$redirect_url = "";
# Output file
$form_name= "host_id" ;
$output_file = "/tmp/$form_name_" ;
##########################
# Parse Form Contents
&parse_form;
# Write to output file
&write_to_file;
# Return HTML Page or Redirect User
&return_html;
sub parse_form {
# Parse the incoming data depending on request method
if ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'GET') {
# Split the name-value pairs
@pairs = split(/&/, $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'});
} elsif ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'POST') {
# Read the input
read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
# Split the name-value pairs
@pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);
}
foreach $pair (@pairs) {
# Split the pair up into individual variables.
local($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);
$name =~ tr/+/ /;
$name =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]
$name =~ tr/\0//d;
$value =~ tr/+/ /;
$value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]
$value =~ tr/\0//d;
if ($Form{$name} ne '') {
$Form{$name} = "$Form{$name}, $value";
} else {
push(@Field_Order,$name);
$Form{$name} = $value;
}
}
}
sub return_html {
if ($redirect_url) {
print "Location: " . $redirect_url;
} else {
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<html>\n <head>\n";
print "<title>CGI Form Processor</title>\n";
print " </head>\n <body>\n";
print "<h1>File Cretaed </h1>\n";
print "<br/><br/>\n";
print "MYEST" . $Form{'form_name'} . "<br/>\n";
print "build_environment:" . $Form{'build_environment'}
print "host_id:" . $Form{'host_id'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_prim_0_root:" . $Form{'part_prim_0_root'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_prim_1_swap:" . $Form{'part_prim_1_swap'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_prim_3_usr:" . $Form{'part_prim_3_usr'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_prim_4_var:" . $Form{'part_prim_4_var'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_prim_5_opt:" . $Form{'part_prim_5_opt'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_prim_7_metadb:" . $Form{'part_prim_7_metadb'
print "part_sec_0_root:" . $Form{'part_sec_0_root'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_sec_1_swap:" . $Form{'part_sec_1_swap'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_sec_3_usr:" . $Form{'part_sec_3_usr'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_sec_4_var:" . $Form{'part_sec_4_var'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_sec_5_opt:" . $Form{'part_sec_5_opt'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_sec_7_metadb:" . $Form{'part_sec_7_metadb'}
print "nodename:" . $Form{'nodename'} . "<br/>\n";
print "alias_1:" . $Form{'alias_1'} . "<br/>\n";
print "alias_2:" . $Form{'alias_2'} . "<br/>\n";
print "primary_ip_address:" . $Form{'primary_ip_address'
print "primary_ip_default_router
print "primary_ip_default_netmas
print "secondary_ip_default_rout
print "secondary_ip_address:" . $Form{'secondary_ip_addres
print "secondary_ip_default_netm
print "ets_network:" . $Form{'ets_network'} . "<br/>\n";
print "sr_host_or_network_1:" . $Form{'sr_host_or_network_
print "sr_network_ip_1:" . $Form{'sr_network_ip_1'} . "<br/>\n";
print "sr_gateway_ip_1:" . $Form{'sr_gateway_ip_1'} . "<br/>\n";
print "sr_subnet_mask_1:" . $Form{'sr_subnet_mask_1'} . "<br/>\n";
print "sr_host_or_network_2:" . $Form{'sr_host_or_network_
print "sr_network_ip_2" . $Form{'sr_network_ip_2'} . "<br/>\n";
print "sr_gateway_ip_2:" . $Form{'sr_gateway_ip_2'} . "<br/>\n";
print "sr_subnet_mask_2:" . $Form{'sr_subnet_mask_2'} . "<br/>\n";
print "</body>\n</html>\n";
}
}
sub write_to_file {
if (defined($Form{'build_envi
open FH, ">" . $output_file;
print FH "build_environment:" . $Form{'build_environment'}
print FH "host_id:" . $Form{'host_id'} . "\n";
print FH "part_prim_0_root:" . $Form{'part_prim_0_root'} . "\n";
print FH "part_prim_1_swap:" . $Form{'part_prim_1_swap'} . "\n";
print FH "part_prim_3_usr:" . $Form{'part_prim_3_usr'} . "\n";
print FH "part_prim_4_var:" . $Form{'part_prim_4_var'} . "\n";
print FH "part_prim_5_opt:" . $Form{'part_prim_5_opt'} . "\n";
print FH "part_prim_7_metadb:" . $Form{'part_prim_7_metadb'
print FH "part_sec_0_root:" . $Form{'part_sec_0_root'} . "\n";
print FH "part_sec_1_swap:" . $Form{'part_sec_1_swap'} . "\n";
print FH "part_sec_3_usr:" . $Form{'part_sec_3_usr'} . "\n";
print FH "part_sec_4_var:" . $Form{'part_sec_4_var'} . "\n";
print FH "part_sec_5_opt:" . $Form{'part_sec_5_opt'} . "\n";
print FH "part_sec_7_metadb:" . $Form{'part_sec_7_metadb'}
print FH "nodename:" . $Form{'nodename'} . "\n";
print FH "alias_1:" . $Form{'alias_1'} . "\n";
print FH "alias_2:" . $Form{'alias_2'} . "\n";
print FH "primary_ip_address:" . $Form{'primary_ip_address'
print FH "primary_ip_default_router
print FH "primary_ip_default_netmas
print FH "secondary_ip_default_rout
print FH "secondary_ip_address:" . $Form{'secondary_ip_Addres
print FH "secondary_ip_default_netm
print FH "ets_network:" . $Form{'ets_network'} . "\n";
print FH "sr_host_or_network_1:" . $Form{'sr_host_or_network_
print FH "sr_network_ip_1:" . $Form{'sr_network_ip_1'} . "\n";
print FH "sr_gateway_ip_1:" . $Form{'sr_gateway_ip_1'} . "\n";
print FH "sr_subnet_mask_1:" . $Form{'sr_subnet_mask_1'} . "\n";
print FH "sr_host_or_network_2:" . $Form{'sr_host_or_network_
print FH "sr_network_ip_2" . $Form{'sr_network_ip_2'} . "\n";
print FH "sr_gateway_ip_2:" . $Form{'sr_gateway_ip_2'} . "\n";
print FH "sr_subnet_mask_2:" . $Form{'sr_subnet_mask_2'} . "\n";
close FH;
}
}
From what I can read from the code the form send the data and then outputted to the screen
All I wish to do it grab the host id variable and put it as the file name
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Redirection URL if required
$redirect_url = "";
# Output file
$form_name= "host_id" ;
$output_file = "/tmp/$form_name_" ;
##########################
# Parse Form Contents
&parse_form;
# Write to output file
&write_to_file;
# Return HTML Page or Redirect User
&return_html;
sub parse_form {
# Parse the incoming data depending on request method
if ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'GET') {
# Split the name-value pairs
@pairs = split(/&/, $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'});
} elsif ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'POST') {
# Read the input
read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
# Split the name-value pairs
@pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);
}
foreach $pair (@pairs) {
# Split the pair up into individual variables.
local($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);
$name =~ tr/+/ /;
$name =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]
$name =~ tr/\0//d;
$value =~ tr/+/ /;
$value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]
$value =~ tr/\0//d;
if ($Form{$name} ne '') {
$Form{$name} = "$Form{$name}, $value";
} else {
push(@Field_Order,$name);
$Form{$name} = $value;
}
}
}
sub return_html {
if ($redirect_url) {
print "Location: " . $redirect_url;
} else {
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<html>\n <head>\n";
print "<title>CGI Form Processor</title>\n";
print " </head>\n <body>\n";
print "<h1>File Cretaed </h1>\n";
print "<br/><br/>\n";
print "MYEST" . $Form{'form_name'} . "<br/>\n";
print "build_environment:" . $Form{'build_environment'}
print "host_id:" . $Form{'host_id'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_prim_0_root:" . $Form{'part_prim_0_root'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_prim_1_swap:" . $Form{'part_prim_1_swap'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_prim_3_usr:" . $Form{'part_prim_3_usr'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_prim_4_var:" . $Form{'part_prim_4_var'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_prim_5_opt:" . $Form{'part_prim_5_opt'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_prim_7_metadb:" . $Form{'part_prim_7_metadb'
print "part_sec_0_root:" . $Form{'part_sec_0_root'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_sec_1_swap:" . $Form{'part_sec_1_swap'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_sec_3_usr:" . $Form{'part_sec_3_usr'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_sec_4_var:" . $Form{'part_sec_4_var'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_sec_5_opt:" . $Form{'part_sec_5_opt'} . "<br/>\n";
print "part_sec_7_metadb:" . $Form{'part_sec_7_metadb'}
print "nodename:" . $Form{'nodename'} . "<br/>\n";
print "alias_1:" . $Form{'alias_1'} . "<br/>\n";
print "alias_2:" . $Form{'alias_2'} . "<br/>\n";
print "primary_ip_address:" . $Form{'primary_ip_address'
print "primary_ip_default_router
print "primary_ip_default_netmas
print "secondary_ip_default_rout
print "secondary_ip_address:" . $Form{'secondary_ip_addres
print "secondary_ip_default_netm
print "ets_network:" . $Form{'ets_network'} . "<br/>\n";
print "sr_host_or_network_1:" . $Form{'sr_host_or_network_
print "sr_network_ip_1:" . $Form{'sr_network_ip_1'} . "<br/>\n";
print "sr_gateway_ip_1:" . $Form{'sr_gateway_ip_1'} . "<br/>\n";
print "sr_subnet_mask_1:" . $Form{'sr_subnet_mask_1'} . "<br/>\n";
print "sr_host_or_network_2:" . $Form{'sr_host_or_network_
print "sr_network_ip_2" . $Form{'sr_network_ip_2'} . "<br/>\n";
print "sr_gateway_ip_2:" . $Form{'sr_gateway_ip_2'} . "<br/>\n";
print "sr_subnet_mask_2:" . $Form{'sr_subnet_mask_2'} . "<br/>\n";
print "</body>\n</html>\n";
}
}
sub write_to_file {
if (defined($Form{'build_envi
open FH, ">" . $output_file;
print FH "build_environment:" . $Form{'build_environment'}
print FH "host_id:" . $Form{'host_id'} . "\n";
print FH "part_prim_0_root:" . $Form{'part_prim_0_root'} . "\n";
print FH "part_prim_1_swap:" . $Form{'part_prim_1_swap'} . "\n";
print FH "part_prim_3_usr:" . $Form{'part_prim_3_usr'} . "\n";
print FH "part_prim_4_var:" . $Form{'part_prim_4_var'} . "\n";
print FH "part_prim_5_opt:" . $Form{'part_prim_5_opt'} . "\n";
print FH "part_prim_7_metadb:" . $Form{'part_prim_7_metadb'
print FH "part_sec_0_root:" . $Form{'part_sec_0_root'} . "\n";
print FH "part_sec_1_swap:" . $Form{'part_sec_1_swap'} . "\n";
print FH "part_sec_3_usr:" . $Form{'part_sec_3_usr'} . "\n";
print FH "part_sec_4_var:" . $Form{'part_sec_4_var'} . "\n";
print FH "part_sec_5_opt:" . $Form{'part_sec_5_opt'} . "\n";
print FH "part_sec_7_metadb:" . $Form{'part_sec_7_metadb'}
print FH "nodename:" . $Form{'nodename'} . "\n";
print FH "alias_1:" . $Form{'alias_1'} . "\n";
print FH "alias_2:" . $Form{'alias_2'} . "\n";
print FH "primary_ip_address:" . $Form{'primary_ip_address'
print FH "primary_ip_default_router
print FH "primary_ip_default_netmas
print FH "secondary_ip_default_rout
print FH "secondary_ip_address:" . $Form{'secondary_ip_Addres
print FH "secondary_ip_default_netm
print FH "ets_network:" . $Form{'ets_network'} . "\n";
print FH "sr_host_or_network_1:" . $Form{'sr_host_or_network_
print FH "sr_network_ip_1:" . $Form{'sr_network_ip_1'} . "\n";
print FH "sr_gateway_ip_1:" . $Form{'sr_gateway_ip_1'} . "\n";
print FH "sr_subnet_mask_1:" . $Form{'sr_subnet_mask_1'} . "\n";
print FH "sr_host_or_network_2:" . $Form{'sr_host_or_network_
print FH "sr_network_ip_2" . $Form{'sr_network_ip_2'} . "\n";
print FH "sr_gateway_ip_2:" . $Form{'sr_gateway_ip_2'} . "\n";
print FH "sr_subnet_mask_2:" . $Form{'sr_subnet_mask_2'} . "\n";
close FH;
}
}
All you need to do is replace the following block:
# Output file
$form_name= "host_id" ;
$output_file = "/tmp/$form_name_" ;
with this one:
# Output file
$output_file = "/tmp/" . $Form{'host_id'};
And then move it from where it is to right in between the &parse_form and &write_to_file blocks, so that your file looks more like this:
# Parse Form Contents
&parse_form;
# Output file
$output_file = "/tmp/" . $Form{'host_id'};
# Write to output file
&write_to_file;
# Output file
$form_name= "host_id" ;
$output_file = "/tmp/$form_name_" ;
with this one:
# Output file
$output_file = "/tmp/" . $Form{'host_id'};
And then move it from where it is to right in between the &parse_form and &write_to_file blocks, so that your file looks more like this:
# Parse Form Contents
&parse_form;
# Output file
$output_file = "/tmp/" . $Form{'host_id'};
# Write to output file
&write_to_file;
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i always use this cause i think it is so much easier than doing it by hand.
hope this helps