X-Git-Url: https://git.p6c8.net/devedit.git/blobdiff_plain/8d7736615f81a1ce0ff42784910534f6af260f32..1a37b41caf7b9bfbc6a52c590b0908e9f7e61f73:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 22f5b20..dc80581 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -5,10 +5,27 @@ Description ----------- Dev-Editor is a simple CGI based editor written in Perl and licensed under the -terms of the Artistic License, which allows remote changes to files and +terms of the Artistic License 2.0, which allows remote changes to files and directory structures on a web server. That's useful if you aren't able to access the files on your homepage directly, for example if you are on holiday. +Features +-------- + +- Browsing through directory structures +- Viewing text files +- Editing text files +- Removing files and directories +- Moving/renaming files and directories +- Copying files and directories +- Creating new files and directories +- Executing a HTTP download of a file +- Uploading files to the server via HTTP +- Changing permissions (chmod) and group (chgrp) of files and directories (on + Unix systems) +- Unpacking some types of archive files (Perl module Archive::Extract is + required - core module since Perl 5.10, I guess) + Installation ------------ @@ -17,7 +34,7 @@ are able to execute scripts (in most cases, this is "cgi-bin"). I suggest to create a sub directory for Dev-Editor. Then, you have to change the first line of devedit.pl: Just replace /usr/bin/perl by the path to your Perl interpreter. -If you are on a UNIX based system, you have to set devedit.pl as executable +If you are on a Unix based system, you have to set devedit.pl as executable (chmod 755 in most cases). You will also need to configure Dev-Editor. See the next section for details.