CGI suggestion

decoux@moulon.inra.fr (ts)

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Date: Tue, 28 Dec 93 14:04:03 +0100
From: decoux@moulon.inra.fr (ts)
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In-reply-to: Marc Andreessen's message of Tue, 28 Dec 93 08:31:47 -0600 <9312281431.AA08977@wintermute.ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Subject: CGI suggestion
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> Who is "I" in this context?  If I == the server, then the server's
> file hierarchy is in fact known.  If I == some user, then it doesn't
> matter one way or the other, does it (since the URL should be
> considered opaque anyway)?  I'm probably missing something...

 Actually you can't have a subdirectory under "/cgi-bin". Example :

 http://server/cgi-bin/subdir/script/extra_path

 With this URL server, actually, call "subdir" and not "subdir/script"


Guy Decoux