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Perl / CGI FAQ
Do you want to run CGI scripts on your site? Find answers to your queries here.
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What is PERL?
What is CGI?
What is a CGI Bin?
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| What is PERL? |
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PERL - Practical Extraction and Report Language (pearl)
An interpretive programming language designed to process text. It is typically the language used for CGI scripts. Perl has been developed as an open source project and was started in 1987 by Larry Wall. While developed originally for UNIX , versions are now available for different platforms. |
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| What is CGI? |
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CGI script or also known as Common Gateway Interface, allows you to run programs on a server that can add interactivity. It also allows information to be output dynamically.
Hit counter tracking, mail forms, searches, and guest books are all examples of CGI scripts. CGI can be written with numerous programming languages such as UNIX SH, KSH, CSH and C. Even though CGI can be written in a wide variety of languages, Perl is still the predominant language because it is much more accepted around the world. |
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| What is a CGI Bin? |
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| The most common name of a directory on a web server in which CGI programs are stored. The 'bin' part of 'cgi-bin' is a shorthand version of 'binary', because once upon a time, most programs were referred to as 'binaries'. In real life, most programs found in cgi-bin directories are text files -- scripts that are executed by binaries located elsewhere on the server. While most programs using CGI are stored in this directory, it is not a requirement for using CGI. |
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