Server Side Includes Compiler ============================= This is ssic, a Server Side Includes Compiler. ssic processes HTML documents with SSI directives formatted as SGML comments. It can be used to process documents without an HTTP server for local browsing or to generate static HTML documents to be efficiently served by an HTTP server. Documents could even be preprocessed, e.g. by a Markdown processor, before being parsed with ssic. The set of commands, tags, and variables supported by ssic is mostly a superset of those supported by the old NCSA HTTPd and a subset of those supported by Apache HTTPd's `mod_include`: http://web.archive.org/web/19971210170837/http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/tutorials/includes.html http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_include.html ssic uses the `CGI::SSI` Perl module for directive processing. SSI Commands ------------ SSI directives are formatted as follows: Most commands take only one tag. The following commands are supported: * `config` controls various aspects of processing. There are three valid tags: - `errmsg` controls the message that is substituted into the document when an error occurs. - `timefmt` is a format string used by `strftime` that controls the format of dates. - `sizefmt` controls the units of file sizes. Valid values are `bytes` for sizes in bytes and `abbrev` for sizes in kibibytes or mebibytes. * `set` sets the value of a variable. Two tags are accepted: `var` and `value`. * `echo` prints the value of an include variable (see below) or environment variable. The only valid tag is `var`. * `printenv` prints a list of all environment variables and their values. * `include` processes and inserts the text of a document into the current document. There are two valid tags: - `file` gives a pathname relative to the current directory. - `virtual` gives a pathname, beginning with `/`, relative to the document root. * `exec` executes a shell command. The only valid tag is `cmd`. * `flastmod` prints the modification date of a specified file. Valid tags are the same as for the `include` command. * `fsize` prints the size of a specified file. Valid tags are the same as for the `include` command. Include Variables ----------------- The following variables are set: * `__SSIC__` indicates that the Server Side Includes Compiler is being used to process the document's SSI directives. * `DATE_GMT` is the current date in UTC. * `DATE_LOCAL` is the current date in the local timezone. * `DOCUMENT_NAME` is the current filename. * `DOCUMENT_ROOT` is the document root, in which files specified with the `virtual` tag are found. * `DOCUMENT_URI` is the current filename. * `LAST_MODIFIED` is the modification date of the current document. Flow Control Commands --------------------- The flow control commands are: If `test_expression` evaluates to false, processing of basic commands is suspended until the next `elif`, `else`, or `endif` is encountered. If `test_expression` evaluates to true, processing of basic commands is suspended between any following `elif` or `else` commands and the next `endif` command. `test_expression` is a Perl expression, which is passed to Perl's `eval()` function. Variables may be expanded but should be quoted. The following example will output "foo is bar" if the variable `foo` is set to the value "bar": foo is bar The following example checks the SSI interpreter and uses the correct expression syntax for either ssic or `mod_include` from Apache HTTPd 2.2 or earlier: foo is bar foo is bar This is the recommended way to check the value of the variable `__SSIC__`. Copyright Information ===================== Copyright (C) 2013 Patrick "P. J." McDermott Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any warranty.