Actually, this depends greatly on the server-side configuration. For apache, you can define in httpd.conf what files are considered "index" files. On mine, it will check for an index.html, index.cgi, or index.php. If you want to repoint to a CGI type file and index.cgi is not processed, try an index.html with a "refresh" metatag that points to a new page.
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0; URL=/cgi-bin/index.cgi">

In reply to Re: Update: Automatic execution of a CGI program on a web page besides a counter by darkphorm
in thread Automatic execution of a CGI program on a web page besides a counter by Popcorn Dave

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