Running batch octave jobs via webserver?

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Has anyone had call to set up a system for running batch jobs with user
submitted form data?  Any advice?

I am thinking of hacking together a queuing system using cgi (for simplicity) to
create a "load/ save" compatible input file, but I was hoping either to find a
solution implemented by someone else, or at least not make the same mistakes as
other people.

Responders:  feel free to ramble ... ;)

Thanks!