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But i can see cgi-bin content and open .txt file inside this directory. Why not cgi?

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Re^3: script download
by jZed (Prior) on Dec 22, 2004 at 20:08 UTC
    Well, to make it explicit: 1) because it would be a giant security hazard to allow anyone to just download copies of running scripts and 2) because you can make a file either executable or downloadable, but you have to choose one or the other.
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