[gopher] Re: Gopher server-side programming

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

emanuel at heatdeath organisation <emanuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I know UMN gopherd lets you run shell scripts, kind of like CGI, but
> when I played with it, it was quite limited.  The other way I've seen is
> by modifying the source of the server.

You can also write custom programs that listen on a special port
(perhaps out of inetd).  Because gopher protocol is so simple, there
should be no problem doing that.

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John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>                       www.complete.org
Sr. Software Developer, Progeny Linux Systems, Inc.    www.progenylinux.com
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