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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1996-11-27 19:52:01 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1996-11-27 19:52:01 (GMT)
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/usr/local/bin/python -> /usr/bin/env python
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diff --git a/Lib/cgi.py b/Lib/cgi.py
index 3f1a1c4..7fab38d 100755
--- a/Lib/cgi.py
+++ b/Lib/cgi.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/local/bin/python
+#! /usr/bin/env python
"""Support module for CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts.
@@ -216,10 +216,14 @@ Unix file mode should be 755 (use "chmod 755 filename"). Make sure
that the first line of the script contains "#!" starting in column 1
followed by the pathname of the Python interpreter, for instance:
- #!/usr/local/bin/python
+ #! /usr/local/bin/python
Make sure the Python interpreter exists and is executable by "others".
+(Note that it's probably not a good idea to use #! /usr/bin/env python
+here, since the Python interpreter may not be on the default path
+given to CGI scripts!!!)
+
Make sure that any files your script needs to read or write are
readable or writable, respectively, by "others" -- their mode should
be 644 for readable and 666 for writable. This is because, for