Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 09/26/53 11:52

Dave Kelly wrote:
> I need to do the equivalent of this in HTML.
> ===========#============
> #!/bin/sh
>
>
> for filename in *.jpg *.gif *.png; ##list all images in directory
> do
> <img src=images/"${filename}" width="190">
> done
> ============#============
>
> My O'Reilly book has only 1 paragraph on generating random images and
> not code examples. I have googled and come up with some php and java
> code. I wanted to keep away from that if I could because in the future
> when someone else take over admin duties on the club website, they
> probably will not know those languages.
>
> This directory is continually having images added. I want something
> simple that I can drop into the from page of the website.
>
> Ideally, generate a new image every time the front page is accessed.
> EV1 is the host server if that makes any difference.
>

Sorry, no can do. HTML is only markup not scripting, to do what you wish
*requires* a script either server-side (best) PHP, Perl, Python, ASP,
ColdFusion, ... or client-side (not-so-good) JavaScript.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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