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What is CGI Scripts?

April 26, 2017CGI scripts

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What is CGI Scripts?

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CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is a process used by the server to pass information between the user and an application on the server. With CGI access, you can install Perl scripts on your website for such things as feedback forms, guestbooks, counters, and so on. What information and server paths do i need to run CGI scripts? CGI scripts must be run from the cgi-bin directory which is outside the httpdocs directory. CGI scripts need to have a .cgi or .pl extension. cgi-bin absolute path = /var/www/vhosts/yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/yourscript.cgi cgi-bin relative path = /cgi-bin/yourscript.cgi cgi url = http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/yourscript.cgi public directory absolute path = /var/www/vhosts/yourdomain.com/httpdocs path to Perl = /usr/bin/perl path to sendmail = /usr/sbin/sendmail path to the date program = /bin/date My CGI Script is not working.. Can you help me? Our support does not cover CGI script debugging. We consider this a function of web design and we would have to charge y