CGIWrap - URL Quick Reference

In all of the below examples, replace SERVER with the hostname and port of your webserver. Replace USER with your userid, and replace SCRIPT with the name of the script that is located in your cgi-bin directory.

In the below URLs you can replace "cgiwrap" according to the following:

cgiwrap: Normal script execution
cgiwrapd: Executes script, but returns debugging information, also is returned preformatted, so you can see the source that the script is outputting.
nph-cgiwrap
nph-cgiwrapd: Same as above, except you sometimes need to use this if your script outputs binary data, such as an image counter script.

Standard Installation of CGIWrap

Place your scripts in your ~/public_html/cgi-bin/ directory

http://SERVER/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/USER/SCRIPT
http://SERVER/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~USER/SCRIPT

Or the old deprecated syntax of:

http://SERVER/cgi-bin/cgiwrap?user=USER&script=SCRIPT

Password Protected Installation of CGIWrap

Place your scripts in your ~/public_html/auth-cgi-bin/ directory

http://SERVER/auth-cgi-bin/cgiwrap/USER/SCRIPT
http://SERVER/auth-cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~USER/SCRIPT

Or the old deprecated syntax of:

http://SERVER/auth-cgi-bin/cgiwrap?user=USER&script=SCRIPT

Other Options

With certain other web servers, the above syntax can sometimes be shortened depending on how the local administrator has set up the server. For example, some site support a URL syntax similar some of the following:

http://SERVER/~USER/SCRIPT.cgi
http://SERVER/cgi-bin/~USER/SCRIPT
http://SERVER/cgiwrap/~USER/SCRIPT
http://SERVER/~USER/cgi-bin/SCRIPT.cgi

The administrator can look at the tricks document for some ideas on configuring the server.

Notes

The syntax examples above using user= and script= are carryovers from the original versions of CGIwrap, and are not really needed. I highly reccomend you don't use them, the other examples are much clearer and easier to use.