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Re^3: Converting PDF file to text

by runrig (Abbot)
on May 12, 2017 at 21:54 UTC ( [id://1190164]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Converting PDF file to text
in thread Converting PDF file to text

pdftotext is probably the best pdf to text converter. So don't put the executable in cgi-bin...write a script that makes a system call. Please don't tell me that you can't make any system calls from your cgi script?

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Re^4: Converting PDF file to text
by LanX (Saint) on May 13, 2017 at 11:59 UTC
    > pdftotext is probably the best pdf to text converter.

    I disagree :)

    > ...write a script that makes a system call. Please don't tell me that you can't make any system calls from your cgi script?

    I agree. :)

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
    Je suis Charlie!

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