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Installing Shell CGI Programs for Windows NT
NOTE
Specifying a Shell CGI Directory (Windows NT)
To create a directory for your shell CGI files, perform the following steps:
Create the shell directory on your computer. This directory doesn't have to be a
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subdirectory of your document root directory.
From the Server Manager, choose the Class Manager tab.
2.
Next, choose the Programs tab.
3.
The shell CGI Directory link is highlighted and the CGI window appears.
In the URL Prefix field, enter the URL prefix you want to associate with your
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shell CGI directory.
For example, suppose you store all shell CGI files in a directory called
C:/docs/programs/cgi/shell-cgi
as
the URL prefix.
In the Shell CGI Directory field, enter the absolute path to the directory you
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created.
CAUTION
Make sure that any files in the shell CGI directory also have file associations set
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in Windows NT. The server returns an error if it attempts to run a file that has
no file-extension association.
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For information on setting Windows NT file extensions, see your
Windows NT documentation.
yourserver.
http://www.
The server must have read and execute permissions to this directory.
For Windows NT, the user account the server runs as (for example,
) must have rights to read and execute programs in the
LocalSystem
shell CGI directory.
, but you want users to see the directory
. In this case, you would type
com/shell/
as
shell
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