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diff --git a/Mac/Tools/CGI/cgi.html b/Mac/Tools/CGI/cgi.html deleted file mode 100644 index 3dc5dc0..0000000 --- a/Mac/Tools/CGI/cgi.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -<HTML> -<HEAD> - <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Adobe PageMill 3.0 Mac"> - <TITLE>Creating CGI scripts with MacPython</TITLE> -</HEAD> -<BODY> - -<H3>Creating CGI scripts with MacPython</H3> -<BLOCKQUOTE> -Note: this document is work-in-progress, and not tested. -</BLOCKQUOTE> - -<P>MacPython allows you to use Python as a CGI scripting language -for your webserver. Moreover, there are some helper applications -that allow you to write your CGI scripts in the same way as for -Unix and Windows, i.e. obtaining their arguments from <TT>os.environ</TT> -and sending their results to <TT>stdout</TT>. MacPython also has -all the facilities to program CGI scripts in the Macintosh way, -through AppleEvents, but that falls outside the scope of this -document (reading the source code for the helper scripts will -give you an idea about how to do this).</P> - -<P>For the purpose of this document we will assume you are using -Apple's Personal Webserver 1.5, which comes standard with your -machine as of MacOS 9.</P> - -<P>The first step is to start the webserver, you will find it -in your control panels. Give it a folder to serve documents from, -and check that it is working by pointing your browser at it.</P> - -<P>The next step is to tell the webserver that documents with -a ".<TT>py</TT>" extension should be served through -the <TT>PythonCGISlave</TT> helper application. Open the webserver, -choose Preferences, tab Action, Add, Start on Extension, extension -".py", select application <TT>PythonCGISlave</TT> (which -lives in <TT>Python:Mac:Tools:CGI</TT>).</P> - -<P>The last step is to try it. Put the following script in <TT>Macintosh -HD:Webpages:hello.py </TT>(assuming your webserver has the default -settings for its document folder):</P> - -<BLOCKQUOTE> - <P><CODE>print "Content-type: text/plain"<BR> - print<BR> - print "Hello world!"<BR> - import time<BR> - print "Local time is", time.ctime(time.time())</CODE></P></BLOCKQUOTE> - -<P>Point your webbrowser at <A HREF="http://localhost/hello.py">http://localhost/hello.py</A><CODE> -</CODE>and check whether it works. - -</BODY> -</HTML> |