Paul Ward wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been playing with a script that works out your WAN / external > IP address then uploads it to a web site every hour, so when I am at > work and my provider changes my IP address I can look up what it has > changed too. > > This script has been rewritten several times now and I now have an > html generated page that is starting to be functional with other > useful info HOWEVER, > > I cannot get the output from a df, mount or even fdisk to work as html > because the text output from the commands contain no end of line > control codes so instead of the output looking like > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda3 8854472 7175844 1221580 86% / > /dev/hda1 101086 21616 74251 23% /boot > tmpfs 127908 0 127908 0% /dev/shm > > it looks like this with a word wrap, can any one show me how this is > resolved with a small script or command to pipe it though. > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 8.5G 6.9G 1.2G > 86% / /dev/hda1 99M 22M 73M 23% /boot tmpfs 125M 0 125M 0% /dev/shm > > Thanks > > Paul > The problem is not that there are not end of the line control codes. The problem is that the end of line codes are text and not html. There are a couple of ways around this. One is to enclose the output in <pro></pre> tags. The other it to change the type from text/htm to text/plain and not use any html tags. That works if you are enclosing the output of the command in a cgi script, and there is no html mixed in. Remember, in html, just because you started a new line in your typing, it does not signal a new line in the output. You have to use something like a <br> or <p> tag. Or use the <pre> and </pre> tag to tell the browser not to mess with the formatting. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
