Writing Scripts

Writing scripts for NCSA httpd should not be a problem. You can write them in C, PERL, /bin/sh, or ANYTHING that will produce a UNIX executable program.

There are two major ways of accessing a script. Listed are the methods (for use with the Limit directive), and their uses.

GET
- Widely supported
- Responds to HTML <ISINDEX> documents
- Limited response to HTML forms
POST
- Fully responds to any size HTML form.

We recommend you start with writing GET scripts, and if you're interested, read about writing POST scripts.

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