CGI

Altera_Forum · ‎06-17-2005

hi,

i 've read that the httpserver within Ecos supports CGI.

How to use CGI in httpserver?

In other webserver with CGI support the executeable cgi file has to be located in a directory like cyg-bin. How about the one within ecos?

Thnx

Altera_Forum · ‎06-17-2005

Documentation on how to use the eCos web server can be found in eCos reference manual. This is installed along with the rest of eCos. Alternatively, you can find a copy here (http://ecos.sourceware.org/docs-latest/ref/net-httpd-chapter.html).

The section "Server Organisation" explains how to associate a function with a filename within the server. Subsequent sections explain how you can generate HTML content. This is not strictly CGI, but it achieves the same thing.

Altera_Forum · ‎06-17-2005

Thnx monkeyboy

Altera_Forum · ‎06-20-2005

hi monkeyboy,

i've tried to read some enviroment variables. The function i used is:

char *content;

content = getenv(CONTENT_TYPE);

content = getenv(REMOTE_HOST);

...

it seems that i cannot read the enviroment variables. Does the webserver within ecos support full CGI scripting?

Thnx

Altera_Forum · ‎06-27-2005

From your other posts, I guess you've already worked this out, but the eCos web server does not support CGI. However it does support dynamic content generation.