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Do webapp hosting sites such as webfaction.com support the use of cmd tools such as pdftk and pdftotext? For example, if in my django-powered site I do something like

subprocess.Popen("pdftk.exe....")

would this still work when I begin hosting the site?

dpetters
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  • In what context do those applications run? On the server, or on the client side. I would warn you about either, in case of security vulnerabilities. – Merlyn Morgan-Graham Aug 08 '10 at 00:47
  • I would assume that they would be running on the server side. How would I get the pdftk.exe to the client? And what security vulnerabilites might arise? – dpetters Aug 08 '10 at 03:55

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On webfaction at least, you can install such tools in your own directory and then call them. If your process starts hogging memory, it may get killed off. For example see this thread on the forum.

ars
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