Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 08:15:07 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Feedback on CGI programs wanted. Message-ID: <199608270615.IAA14785@grumble.grondar.za>
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James FitzGibbon wrote: > > I just imported a port of w3-msql, a CGI program that allows access to > mSQL databases from HTML pages. The program itself works fine, but the > biggest problem was deciding where to place the binary. > > Amidst the ongoing discussion in -ports about where apache should be > installed, I couldn't (and didn't want to) settle on a static directory. > I settled on putting it in /usr/local/bin, and writing a quick manpage > that tells people they have to copy or link it into their server's CGI > directory before using it. This information is also in the pkg/DESCR > file, and in files/post-install-notes, which is displayed at the end of > the install so long as BATCH isn't defined. Have a look at ports/www/wwwcount. That one puts its cgi binary into the cgi-bin/ dir. Maybe you want to try that approach? M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key
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