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Web Server: TinyWeb: CGI: How to run CGI programs?
Jan 15th, 2007 15:11
Knud van Eeden,
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Web Server: TinyWeb: CGI: How to run CGI programs?
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Steps: Overview:
1. -Download Tiny web server e.g. here
http://jonripley.com/volatile/tinyweb.zip
2. -Unzip (use e.g. Winzip, Winrar, pkzip for Windows, pkzipc.exe)
this file in a directory (e.g. c:\temp)
1. -E.g. Open an MSDOS box and type the following commands
md c:\temp
cd c:\temp
pkzipc.exe -extract -dir tinyweb.zip
3. -This will create a directory structure
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dir c:\temp\tinyweb\
Volume in drive C is unlabeled Serial number is 6cbc:c01a
Directory of C:\temp\tinyweb\*
1/15/2007 19:59 <DIR> .
1/15/2007 19:59 <DIR> ..
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> html
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> licences
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> log
1/15/2007 20:08 661 access_log
1/15/2007 20:08 662 agent_log
1/15/2007 19:59 0 error_log
4/08/2020 16:37 663 ReadMe.txt
1/15/2007 20:00 205 referer_log
6/03/2021 19:20 58,880 TINY.EXE
6/06/2021 23:39 476,672 tinybox.exe
537,743 bytes in 7 files and 5 dirs 557,056 bytes allocated
1,009,090,560 bytes free
dir c:\temp\tinyweb\ /s
Volume in drive C is unlabeled Serial number is 6cbc:c01a
Directory of C:\temp\tinyweb\*
1/15/2007 19:59 <DIR> .
1/15/2007 19:59 <DIR> ..
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> html
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> licences
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> log
1/15/2007 20:08 661 access_log
1/15/2007 20:08 662 agent_log
1/15/2007 19:59 0 error_log
4/08/2020 16:37 663 ReadMe.txt
1/15/2007 20:00 205 referer_log
6/03/2021 19:20 58,880 TINY.EXE
6/06/2021 23:39 476,672 tinybox.exe
537,743 bytes in 7 files and 5 dirs 557,056 bytes allocated
Directory of C:\temp\tinyweb\html\*
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> .
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> ..
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> cgi-bin
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> src
4/08/2020 16:16 961 index.html
961 bytes in 1 file and 4 dirs 4,096 bytes allocated
Directory of C:\temp\tinyweb\html\cgi-bin\*
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> .
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> ..
4/08/2020 16:03 0 guest.txt
4/08/2020 16:17 90,619 guestbook.exe
4/07/2021 21:32 85,920 ListEnv.exe
176,539 bytes in 3 files and 2 dirs 180,224 bytes allocated
Total for: C:\temp\tinyweb\html\cgi-bin\*
176,539 bytes in 3 files and 2 dirs 180,224 bytes allocated
Directory of C:\temp\tinyweb\html\src\*
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> .
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> ..
4/08/2020 16:16 5,595 guestbook.bbc
4/07/2021 21:31 896 ListEnv.bbc
6,491 bytes in 2 files and 2 dirs 12,288 bytes allocated
Total for: C:\temp\tinyweb\html\src\*
6,491 bytes in 2 files and 2 dirs 12,288 bytes allocated
Total for: C:\temp\tinyweb\html\*
183,991 bytes in 6 files and 8 dirs 196,608 bytes allocated
Directory of C:\temp\tinyweb\licences\*
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> .
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> ..
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> tinybox
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> tinyweb
0 bytes in 0 files and 4 dirs
Directory of C:\temp\tinyweb\licences\tinybox\*
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> .
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> ..
6/06/2021 23:12 1,298 licence.txt
6/06/2021 23:45 6,732 readme.html
6/06/2021 22:29 5,023 readme.txt
13,053 bytes in 3 files and 2 dirs 20,480 bytes allocated
Total for: C:\temp\tinyweb\licences\tinybox\*
13,053 bytes in 3 files and 2 dirs 20,480 bytes allocated
Directory of C:\temp\tinyweb\licences\tinyweb\*
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> .
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> ..
6/02/2021 19:35 69 FILE_ID.DIZ
6/02/2021 19:35 2,175 LICENCE.TXT
12/18/2003 14:30 60 README.TXT
2,304 bytes in 3 files and 2 dirs 12,288 bytes allocated
Total for: C:\temp\tinyweb\licences\tinyweb\*
2,304 bytes in 3 files and 2 dirs 12,288 bytes allocated
Total for: C:\temp\tinyweb\licences\*
15,357 bytes in 6 files and 8 dirs 32,768 bytes allocated
Directory of C:\temp\tinyweb\log\*
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> .
1/15/2007 19:56 <DIR> ..
0 bytes in 0 files and 2 dirs
Total for: C:\temp\tinyweb\log\*
0 bytes in 0 files and 2 dirs 0 bytes allocated
Total for: C:\temp\tinyweb\*
737,091 bytes in 19 files and 23 dirs 786,432 bytes
allocated
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4. -Run the webserver
1. -Supply as a parameter the path to the html directory
in the directory you just unpacked)
1. -Open an MSDOS box and type the following commands
<path to your Web server>\tiny.exe <path to the html directory>
1. -E.g.
c:\temp\tinyweb\tiny.exe c:\temp\tinyweb\html
5. -Then open your browser, and type the URL
http://localhost/cgi-bin/guestbook.exe
-- or --
http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/guestbook.exe
6. -This should open a web page showing
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View Guestbook
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The guestbook is empty.
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Sign guestbook
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Tested successfully on
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (service pack 2),
running
Tiny web server v1.93
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Internet: see also:
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BBCBASIC: Windows: CGI: Link: Can you give an overview of links?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/43627/fid/768
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