- From: Paul Phillips <paulp@cerf.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 14:42:38 -0700 (PDT)
- To: www-talk@www10.w3.org
- Cc: httpd@ncsa.uiuc.edu
I didn't hear anything about a more rigorous CGI specification than the one at hoohoo, so I assume there is none. NCSA httpd 1.4b4-2 has added support for more environment variables: DOCUMENT_ROOT, ERROR_STATUS, ERROR_URL, ERROR_REQUEST. Perhaps even more since then. Unfortunately, none of these appear in the spec. This sort of thing introduces gratuitous incompatabilities -- CGI scripts really shouldn't have to depend on the server they are running on, just the CGI version that's implemented. If the docs at hoohoo are indeed the definitive CGI spec, would the NCSA people please start a CGI 1.2 or something before adding more variables? HTML and HTTP are splintering enough without CGI joining them. Regards, -- Paul Phillips EMAIL: paulp@cerf.net WWW: http://www.primus.com/staff/paulp/ PHONE: (619) 220-0850
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