/* CGI Chat Room Version 1.0 Written by: James Becwar < becwar@mosquitonet.com > on Sunday, March 16, 1997 in Ansi C Freeware. */ #include #include int getmess(void); //gets the messages..... int printhtml(void); //prints the html pages.... int printchatfile(void); //prints the chat file FILE *chat; //file pointer for the chat file.. FILE *coun; //file pointer for the counter so the chat files is not too long char *chatd; //charecter pointer to chat env. char *name; //" " name env. int main(void) { getmess(); //dumb I know but this code base has been though a lot... return 0; } printhtml(){ printf("content type: text/html\n\n"); //YOU MUST KEEP THIS. It tells the server what mine type it is.... printf("" //all of this to the ; is the html page.... "" "Fairnet Chat Room!" "" "" "

" "

Fairnet Chat Room:

" "

" ""); printchatfile(); printf(""); return 0; } printchatfile() { if((chat=fopen("c:\\cgichat\\chat.dat", "r")) == NULL){ //trys to open chat.dat change this to your path printf("

COULD NOT OPEN chat.dat FILE FOR CHAT DATA!!!!!!

"); }else{ register char ch; //puts in to cpu regester so it is very very very fast ch = getc(chat); while(ch != EOF ){ printf("%c", ch); //prints file one charecter at a time.... ch = getc(chat); } fclose(chat); } return 0; } getmess(){ chatd=getenv("CHAT"); //gets chat or CHAT enverment (via post....) if(chatd == NULL){ // if nothing to to be said redisplay the html page... //printf("\n\n\n\nCHAT == NULL\n\n\n"); //for debuging.... printhtml(); return 0; }else{ int count; //used to see how many enterys.... //printf("\n\n\n\nchat arg-> %s\n\n\n\n", chatd); if((coun=fopen("c:\\cgichat\\coun.dat", "r")) == NULL){ //another path to change... printf("could not open coun.dat for reading...."); }else{ fscanf(coun,"%i", &count); fclose(coun); //printf("\n\n\ncoun is:-> %i\n\n\n", count); //debuging.... } if(count >= 20){ //if the file is 20 entrys log then it will be delated. NOTE: you can rase or lower this nummber... count = 0; remove("chat.dat"); //delets the file... chat=fopen("c:\\cgichat\\chat.dat" , "w");//makes new one fclose(chat); remove("chat.dat"); coun = fopen("c:\\cgichat\\coun.dat" , "w"); fprintf(coun, "%i", count); fclose(coun); }else{ ++count; // count = count + 1 (the increment op is a processer op so this is much faster.) remove("coun.dat"); //same as above.... coun = fopen("c:\\cgichat\\coun.dat" , "w"); fprintf(coun, "%i", count); fclose(coun); } } name = getenv("NAME"); //gets the name. if(name==NULL){ //just in case some one entered a blank line.... name[0]='a'; name[1]='\0'; } if((chat=fopen("c:\\cgichat\\chat.dat" , "a"))==NULL){ printf("COULDN'T OPEN chat.dat FOR APPEND!!!!!!"); }else{ fprintf(chat, "%s>%s

", name, chatd); //formater for printing the chat enterys. currnenty is in form name>message you can change this.... fclose(chat); } printhtml(); //updates the user..... return 1; // errorlevel 1 = data written. errorlevel 0 = screan updated... }