#!/usr/bin/perl -T
print "Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n";
#require "/www/cgi-bin/cgi-lib.pl";
#&ReadParse(*in);
#print &PrintHeader;
#-------------------------------------------------
# Variable input from web page
#-------------------------------------------------
if ($in{'src'} =~ /^([ -:\/\w.,?=~]*)$/)
{
$src =$in{'src'};
}
else
{
$src ="x";
}
if ($in{'code'} =~ /^([-:\/\w.]*)$/)
{
$code =$in{'code'};
}
else
{
$code ="x";
}
#The above heading is a helpful header from Steve Fleming
#Many thanks Steve!!!
print "";
print "";
print "WeatherBug Readme";
print "";
print "";
print "WeatherBug Readme
";
print "This file will help get you started using WeatherBug
";
print "";
print "What is WeatherBug?
";
print "WeatherBug is an online database that stores information about errors in the NCDC ";
print "weather archives. The information stored and retrieved by this system will allow ";
print "a coordinated and efficient approach to correcting these problems. ";
print "How do I use WeatherBug?
";
print "Using WeatherBug is quite simple. From the main screen, you can choose to create ";
print "a new error report (new record) or edit an existing one. You can also search for records ";
print "using a simple search page. The other options are to see this readme file or change the ";
print "password access (Only for privileged administrators)";
print "";
print "The error report form is fairly simple and straightforward. Simply fill out the known ";
print "information about the problem in the text boxes provided. Then click on the Submit ";
print "button and the database will be updated. A word of warning: using the ";
print "TAB key to get out of the Comments box causes undesired behavior when editing later. ";
print "Therefore, to prevent data corruption, please DO NOT tab out of that box. (other fields are ";
print "okay to use tab with)";
print "
";
print "
Who created WeatherBug?
";
print 'WeatherBug was designed and coded by me, Richard "Skip" Grube. I am working under ';
print "the direction of Ned Guttman, who came up with the concept. The database ";
print "resides on the mesohigh Linux server here at NCDC. The project was coded entirely ";
print "in the Perl language, with some strategic HTML and JavaScript integration.";
print "";
print "
I found a problem in WeatherBug. How do I report it?
";
print "Please e-mail any problems, bugs, comments, etc. to: ";
print 'Richard.Grube@noaa.gov. ';
print "Please note that I am an intern here at NCDC (Data Operations Division) and ";
print "will be gone by mid-August, 2005.";
print "";
print "
Other useful files in the WeatherBug directory (//mesohigh/cgi-bin/weatherbug):
";
print "todo.txt----A list of completed features, as well as features that need to be implemented.";
print "
";
print "techinfo.txt----A description of he file structure used for the database, as well as other ";
print "relevant technical information.";
print "";
print "
";
print "";
print "";