OpenEuphoria

Re: Linux broken + security risk

• Posted by Jason Gade <jaygade at gmail.com> Jun 04, 2005
• 1015 views

Neil Fraser wrote:
> posted by: Neil Fraser <euphoria at neil.fraser.name>
> 
> Matt Lewis wrote:
> 
>>In your .bashrc put in this line:
>>export TERM=ansi
> 
> 
> Thanks.  That works.
> 
> Robert Craig wrote:
> 
>>Thanks, I'll try to keep that in mind for the next release.  
> 
> 
> I'll be watching.  
> 
> 
> Now if only there was a way to specify where the library files are
> without using environment variables.  Apache doesn't have a clue
> when executing a Euphoria CGI, so I've had to edit every file in
> the library to say things like:
> }}}
<eucode>
> include /usr/local/euphoria/include/sort.e
> include /usr/local/euphoria/include/misc.e
> </eucode>
{{{

> Most applications either use a configuration file at a known location
> (e.g. euphoria.cfg in the same directory as exu) or else they build
> the library paths into the executable when the source code is
> configured prior to compiling (not an option here if Euphoria comes
> precompiled).

Most GUI programs use a config file, but I think that most language 
interpreters/compilers still use environment variables.  Actually, I 
think a lot of programs use both, and that might be a good idea.

Of course, I don't have any idea about CGI programs.

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