Common Gateway Interface

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Background

Introduction to The Common Gateway Interface, maintained by Rob McCool at NCSA.

If you are new to CGI, this is a good place to start.

The Common Gateway Interface maintained by Rob McCool at NCSA.

This is generally considered the main page for information on CGI. It should contain pointers to most of what you need to know.

Issues and Developments

Tools and Implementations

Setting up CGI in NCSA httpd

A description of using CGI scripts with the NCSA httpd, using ScriptAlias and CGI files.

Shareware CGI's created by Chris Stephens.

A page of shareware CGI scripts which were written in C for use with NCSA httpd for Unix, and a set of AppleScript CGI scripts.

CGI 1.1 MS Window's Interface