Okay, Gramps, I know that you're really more clever than me on average, so I must be missing something... :)

Why would a web-data provider want to put html files in the cgi-bin directory? And/or why would a browser user find it more attractive to use a url like "www.hostname.xxx/cgi-bin/somepage.html", as opposed to something like "www.hostname.xxx/somepurpose/somepage.html" or just "www.hostname.xxx/sompage.html"?

On a unix-based web server, wouldn't a cgi-bin/foo.html file need to be flagged (chmod) executable? And/or would the web-server's config file need some tweak that enables *.html files to be treated as executable code? I don't doubt that the technique shown here is working for you, but I wonder if there might be some "issues" you haven't discussed that others might trip over.

In reply to Re: Perl header to serve up a .HTML file from a CGI directory by graff
in thread Perl header to serve up a .HTML file from a CGI directory by GrandFather

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