# this
/path/to/apache
           |
           +---/cgi-bin
           |
           +---/htdocs
      
# not this      
/path/to/apache
           |
           +---/htdocs      
                  |
                  +---/cgi-bin
      
# add to httpd.conf
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/path/to/apache/cgi-bin/"