I agree with both fmerges—confusing question (why did this get front-paged?); and zentara—something ain't right with the setup if we *are* understanding the question. Anyway, here's another example of the hidden .htaccess file that will fire up any executable in any directory:

Options +ExecCGI
SetHandler cgi-script

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This will actually run a Perl file without the .pl or .px extensions in a non-cgi-bin directory. For example, your URL could read: http://www.domain.com/foo/bar?pg=1. I use this setup for running a CMS that I install for client sites that keeps my scripts separate from other scripts that my client installs, most commoningly in the usually-present cgi-bin.


—Brad
"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." George Eliot

In reply to Re: index.cgi or index.html by bradcathey
in thread index.cgi or index.html by boboson

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