gotcha41 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2005 I'm not sure if i'm posting in the right (sub)forum but it certainly has something to do with it .Now, i wonder what's the meaning of "cgi-bin". When connecting to ftp you find a folder with this name. Can anyone tell me what its function is?I also found this folders :- _vti_bin- _vti_cnf- _vti_log- _vti_pvt- _vti_txtThanks in advance! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deaths Aprentice 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2005 Also curious about this one oO.I know they're there, and I know cgi-bin is created in every folder you create on your FTP, but I have no idea of what it actually does... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xboxrulz 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2005 cgi-bin is the folder where you put all your CGI scripts in. Perl, PHP and other server scripts do not require cgi-bin.xboxrulz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bjrn 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2005 I also found this folders:- _vti_bin- _vti_cnf- _vti_log- _vti_pvt- _vti_txtThose are for people who use Microsoft Frontpage extensions (or whatever they are called). If you don't use Frontpage you can safely delete them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T100 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2005 cgi-bin is a default folder with execute privileges so that you can put perl scripts, Unix sh scripts and probably ruby scripts into it and run. Of course you can run some of the scripts in other folder if the host allows. But cgi-bin is a legacy thing that most of the scripts will probably run there. You may not like the /cgi-bin/ folder in your address, so some hosts offer an option for you to include cgi as a subdomain. Also, the host has to have perl mod and things ready. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xboxrulz 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2005 that's practically what I said..... but, pearl scripts actually work outside of the cgi-bin. I used to have scripts outside of cgi-bin that were pearl. Note: LINUX comes with perl because most graphical and function requires pearl.xboxrulz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites