[MacPerl-WebCGI] Re: macperl-webcgi-digest V1 #146

[Joel Rees <rees_joel@fujicomp.co.jp>]

Pete Prodoehl wrote:

>I'm running Mac OS 8.6, Personal Web Sharing 1.5 and MacPerl 5.2.0r4
>
>If I run a MacPerl cgi by requesting this in my browser:
>
>   http://mymac/my.cgi
>
>It works as it should.
>
>If I request this: (note trailing slash)
>
>   http://mymac/my.cgi/
>
>It seems to translate the request to be:
>
>   /PNFIconGraphics/BinHexCacheFolder/-1-2126/my.cgi.hqx
>
>Which actually *downloads* the cgi.

<snip>

and Leland R. Beaudrot wrote:

>2) In the Web Sharing control panel, select Preferences under the Edit
>menu and click the Actions tab.  Create a New action "Launch at suffix"
>using the suffix ".cgi/" and select "error.cgi" as the application.

As near as I understand, this setting would be one correct way. To 
motivate the explanation, Apache uses a file called ".htaccess" in each 
directory (or in a parent somewhere up the directory tree) to control 
http access in that directory (or as a default in child directories). You 
can specify executable extensions with lines in the .htaccess file that 
say

Addtype <mime type> .extension 

so the usual for xxx.cgi files (in that directory) would be 

Addtype application/x-http-cgi .cgi

But a slash on the end is taken to mean listing. (No, I don't have an RFC 
on this.) So usually, you also put in 

Addtype application/x-http-cgi .cgi/

to prevent the .cgi files from being listed. If you need more 
information, please look up the RFC and tell us what you find.


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