Re: [webmin-devel] Use of external binary from module

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Courchesne, Andre wrote:

> Hi,
>
>   First I know this is a no-no in the documentation and I can understand
> why.
>
>   However for a custom module in a controlled environment, I need to call an
> external an external application, grab the output in an array and crunch the
> data to then display it.
>
>   I tried the following:
> 	@raw_data=`./usr/local/bin/ipmitool sel list`;
                   ^
  Just a quick observation, but is the leading dot supposed to be there?

>
>   But I get the following error:
> 	Error - Missing Content-Type Header
> 	/usr/local/webmin/sel/index.cgi: line 1: ./usr/local/bin/ipmitool:
> No such file or directory
> 	/usr/local/webmin/sel/index.cgi: line 4: @raw_data=: command not
> found
>
>   However if I run the same index.cgi from the command like (perl index.cgi)
> the external application is executed, output is in the array and I can
> crunch it.
>
>   Any pointers for me?
>
>
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