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cgi_to_db – convert stored CGI files (from CGI.pm) to fsdb

Synopsis

 cgi_to_db [-duU] [-e EmptyValue] [cgi-files…]

Description

Converts all stored CGI files (from CGI.pm) to fsdb, optionally unescaping the contents. When contents are unescaped, CR NL is recoded as “\n”.

Output is always in fsdb list format with double space (type “S”) field separator.

Unlike most Fsdb programs, the input to this program is not usually from standard input. However, the program will take "-i" options.

This program requires temporary storage equal to the size of the data (so that it can handle the case of different entries having different headers).

Options

-u or –unescape: do unescape data, converting CGI escape codes like %xx to regular characters (default)
-U or –nounescape: do not unescape data, but leave it CGI-encoded
-e E or –empty E: give value E as the value for empty (null) records
-T TmpDir: where to put tmp files. Also uses environment variable TMPDIR, if -T is not specified. Default is /tmp.

This module also supports the standard fsdb options:

-d: Enable debugging output.
-i or –input InputSource: Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or "-" for standard input, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.
-o or –output OutputDestination: Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or "-" for standard output, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.
–autorun or –noautorun: By default, programs process automatically, but Fsdb::Filter objects in Perl do not run until you invoke the run() method. The "–(no)autorun" option controls that behavior within Perl.
–help: Show help.
–man: Show full manual.

Sample Usage

Input:

file A (TEST/cgi_to_db_ex.in):

 name=test

 id=111-11-1111

 email=test%40usc.edu

 submit_time=Tue%20Jan%2014%2011%3A32%3A39%202003

 =

file B (TEST/cgi_to_db_ex.in-2):

 name=test2

 id=222-22-2222

 email=test2%40usc.edu

 newfield=foo

 emptyfield=

 submit_time=Tue%20Jan%2024%2022%3A32%3A39%202003

 =

Command:

 cgi_to_db TEST/cgi_to_db_ex.in TEST/cgi_to_db_ex.in-2

Output:

 #fsdb -R C -F S name id email submit_time newfield emptyfield

 name: test

 id: 111-11-1111

 email: test\@usc.edu

 submit_time: Tue Jan 14 11:32:39 2003

 name: test2

 id: 222-22-2222

 email: test2\@usc.edu

 newfield: foo

 emptyfield: –

 submit_time: Tue Jan 24 22:32:39 2003

 # | cgi_to_db TEST/cgi_to_db_ex.in TEST/cgi_to_db_ex.in-2

AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT

This program is distributed under terms of the GNU general public license, version 2. See the file COPYING with the distribution for details.

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