: Custom CGI Information

Here are some details you will want to know for creating your own CGI scripts.

Scripts start with the following lines:

For Perl:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl

For CSH:
#!/bin/csh

For SH:
#!/bin/sh

Sendmail is located at

/bin/sendmail

Included in a Perl CGI, it looks like this:

$address = 'bob@widget.com';
open (MAIL,"| /bin/sendmail -fyourname\@speedsoft.com $address");
print MAIL "Reply-to: yourname\@speedsoft.com\n";
print MAIL "Subject: Whatever\n\n";
print MAIL "Hi, how are you doing?\n";
close (MAIL);

The "Reply-to" field is optional. -f specifies who the message is from and is required. Be sure to escape the (at) sign with a backslash.

Script filename extensions

Your scripts can have any filename extension you want if they are located in your cgi-bin directory. If they are located elsewhere, use either of the two filename extensions:
.pl
.cgi

 

Call your scripts from your web page with

http://www.YOURDOMAIN/cgi-bin/scriptname

-- or for non-virtual hosting clients --

http://www.speedsoft.com/YOURDIR/cgi-bin/scriptname

Environment Variables

Run "http://YOURDOMAIN/cgi-bin/envhtml.pl" to see what environment variables are available.

 

File Path Info

Document Root for your account is:

/usr/local/etc/httpd/vhosts/yourdirectory/

-- or for non-virtual hosting clients --

/usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/yourdirectory/