Re: stdout from scripts goes to apache logs

That being said, is there a way to output to the web page in this scenario?

On 14/5/24 12:15, Joseph He wrote:
> CGI script runs on its own process. mod-perl basically wraps CGI script 
> into apache process, that is why its output is automatically going to 
> Apache log.
> 
> On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 1:53 AM Steven Haigh via modperl 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
> 
>     I'm playing around with mod_perl on apache on docker - and now I've
>     finally got all the module issues sorted, I'm trying to figure out why
>     when using mod_perl, the output of scripts ends up in the apache logs.
> 
>     The following configuration works, and the output of shelled scripts
>     works as expected:
> 
>     <Location />
>           DirectoryIndex index.pl <http://index.pl> index.html
>           AddHandler cgi-script .pl
>           Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
>           Require all granted
>     </Location>
> 
>     If I change this to use mod_perl, all output from scripts run in web
>     pages ends up in the apache log:
> 
>     <Location />
>           DirectoryIndex index.pl <http://index.pl> index.html
>           AddHandler perl-script .pl
>           Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
>           Require all granted
>     </Location>
> 
>     The perl code I'm using in the web page is as follows:
>     my $cmd = "/bin/stdbuf";
>     my @args = qw@ -o1 -e1 /usr/bin/speedtest-cli@;
> 
>     print '<pre class="alert">';
>     my $pid = open3(0, \*READER, 0, $cmd, @args);
>     while ( my $output = <READER> ) {
>           print $output;
>     }
>     print "Speed test complete.</pre>";
>     waitpid $pid,0;
> 
>     Does anyone have any clues as to why STDOUT would end up in the apache
>     log and not in the web page being served when using perl-script as the
>     handler?
> 
>     -- 
>     Steven Haigh
> 
>     📧 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>     💻 https://crc.id.au <https://crc.id.au>
> 
> 

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Steven Haigh

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