Implementing Custom CGI scripts

Our servers have the capability to run CGI scripts based on Perl, Unix SH, KSH, CSH, and C +, C++ languages. Perl5.00503 is a our language of choice as it is a world standard and is well suited to CGI.

If you have a custom CGI script that you need to use, simply upload it to your personal "cgi-bin".

Here are some helpful tips to follow when installing scripts;

Shell Scripts

1. Upload to your cgi-local directory to ensure proper file permission settings.
2. Upload in ASCII transfer mode (and NOT BINARY mode)
3. The first line of each script must read: #!/bin/sh , #!/bin/csh or #!/bin/ksh based on whichever shell scripts you prefer using.
4. Reference the script using /cgi-bin
5. Always remember to include echo "Content-type: text/html\n\n"

Perl Scripts

1. Upload to your cgi-bin directory to ensure proper file permission settings
2. Upload in ASCII transfer mode (and NOT BINARY mode)
3. The first line of each script must read: #!/usr/bin/perl
4. Reference the script using /cgi-bin
5. Always remember to include print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; or alternatively using the Perl module CGI.pm (If you do not, your scripts will not run and you will get an Internal Server Error message).
   
   use CGI qw(:cgi-lib :standard);
   print header();

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