How to use CGI scripts on sequoia or redwood


1. First, you need a directory for your scripts. Apache requires this to be called cgi-bin and to be located in the served-root directory. For example, the served-root directory for vismath.org is: ~rha/public_html/vismath in which there is a sub-directory cgi-bin.

2. Next, your script must have the suffix ".cgi" or else it will not be executed as a script. In addition, be sure to make it an executable with the UNIX command:
% chmod 755 myscript.cgi

3. Finally, in the form where you will call this script, refer to it with absolute URL referencing. For example:
action="http://www.vismath.org/cgi-bin/myscript.cgi"


Revised Tue 17 June 1997 by Ralph Abraham