Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: Problems with the $ and scripts.

Author:Mark J. Gardner
Posted:4/26/2000; 2:35:20 PM
Topic:Problems with the $ and scripts.
Msg #:16726 (In response to 16725)
Prev/Next:16725 / 16727

Wouldn't ? cause entirely other problems in shell scripts, since it's a wildcard character?

Anyway, if I recall correctly, $ was what MacHTTP (later WebSTAR) used to separate a CGI script URL from its parameters. Since Frontier's web scripting capabilities originally ran behind a host web server, this was how you passed parameters to CGI scripts written in Frontier. Frontier's built-in web server carries on this convention.

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