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Posted to dev@tomcat.apache.org by id...@apache.org on 2004/02/12 17:51:36 UTC
cvs commit: jakarta-tomcat-catalina/webapps/docs cgi-howto.xml
idarwin 2004/02/12 08:51:36
Modified: webapps/docs cgi-howto.xml
Log:
Add a bit of explanatory text.
Revision Changes Path
1.3 +7 -3 jakarta-tomcat-catalina/webapps/docs/cgi-howto.xml
Index: cgi-howto.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-tomcat-catalina/webapps/docs/cgi-howto.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- cgi-howto.xml 15 Jan 2003 03:40:43 -0000 1.2
+++ cgi-howto.xml 12 Feb 2004 16:51:36 -0000 1.3
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@
referred to as CGI programs or CGI scripts.
</p>
-<p>Within Tomcat CGI support can be added when using Tomcat as your
-HTTP server and you require CGI support. Typically this is done
-during development when you don't want to run a web server like Apache.</p>
+<p>Within Tomcat, CGI support can be added when you are using Tomcat as your
+HTTP server and require CGI support. Typically this is done
+during development when you don't want to run a web server like
+Apache httpd.
+Tomcat's CGI support is largely compatible with Apache httpd's,
+but there are some limitations (e.g., only one cgi-bin directory).
+</p>
<p>CGI support is implemented using the servlet class
<code>org.apache.catalina.servlets.CGIServlet</code>. Traditionally,
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