CGI Quick Reference

Following is a brief summary of FastVirtual's CGI support, including configuration information, paths and version details. For an overview of this topic, or for more detailed information, please visit the CGI Programming Guide.

Perl Location

#!/usr/bin/perl
(Perl is version 5.008008)

Sendmail Location

/usr/sbin/sendmail
(use the -t option)

Path to Home Directory

/usr/home/yourdomain.com
$ENV{'DOCUMENT_ROOT'}/.. (preferred)

Path to Document Root

/usr/home/yourdomain.com/htdocs
$ENV{'DOCUMENT_ROOT'} (preferred)

Path to cgi-bin Directory

/usr/home/yourdomain.com/htdocs/cgi-bin
$ENV{'DOCUMENT_ROOT'}/cgi-bin (preferred)

How to chmod Files

Use Webby or FTP