I assume you're using Apache, in which case you would use the ForceType
directive in http.conf (something like this):
<Location /post>
ForceType cgi-script
</Location>
This will cause the file 'post' to be treated as a directory as far as the
user is concerned, and run the file called post. You need to look at
REQUEST_URI(everything before the first ?) and possibly the QUERY_STRING
(everything after the ?) environment variable and split it on '/' to parse
out the parameters.
I've done this with other languages but not CGI, so the type I put above
may be incorrect.
JD Austin IV
> We are trying to run a perl program where when you type in a URL or
> click a link for a specific URL, that the path includes a perl program
> but it's not viewed with the .cgi or .pl or other extensions.
>
> I am not sure if this is the appropriate way to ask this. So, we are
> doing something like this for the
> URL: www.unitywave.com/testm.cgi?post/username/filename.html But we
> would like it to look like
> this: www.unitywave.com/testm/post/username/filename.html In trying to
> run this from the server: perl testm.cgi, it works. It also works
> when you move testm.cgi to testm and run the same command using just
> testm. But when we go to the website, using that testm instead of the
> .cgi? it shows the program rather than the output like it does on the
> server.
>
> We want to do this so that a path is shown to the customer, rather than
> the extensions and characters. However, I am at a draw as to whether
> this is httpd.conf that controls this or if it's the program that is
> running, i.e. perl or cgi.
>
> I would appreciate having responses sent to hotwater@minhthao.com.
> That's my programmer Minh. I will be in and out and may not be
> watching the list.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kimi Adams
> Unity Wave
> 602-375-5363
>
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