Ray,
Thanks so much for the help. It's working just like I wanted it to due
to your suggestion. Glad to know there's some good people out there that
are willing to help.
btw, yes, I am using apache, is there anything else?
Rob Wright
Ray Olszewski wrote:
>
> I think you will need to make it www.mydomain.com/calendar.cgi, but if that
> small change is okay, what you want to do should be doable. Without knowing
> the details of your setup, I can't give you a step-by-step guide, but a
> general outline is:
>
> make /DocumentRoot/calendar.cgi a symlink to
> /DocumentRoot/cgi-bin/calendar/script.cgi
>
> turn on the apache (you are using apache, right?) options
> for /DocumentRoot to AlowSymlinks and ExecCGI
>
> ... replacing /DocumentRoot above with whatever your actual DocumentRoot is.
>
> This may be pretty much what you've tried. If so, then your only problem is
> that without the .cgi in the symlink, apache isn't recognizing the program
> as an executable. If making that change doesn't help, you'll need to
> describe the setup and what you are trying in more detail.
>
> Oh, one specific -- the symlink has to point to the cgi program itself, not
> to the directory it is in.
>
> BTW, if I were doing this myself, I might take a slightly different
> approach. I'd have a short intro page at (say) URL
> www.mydomain.com/calstart.html that contained a "Welcome ..." message and a
> form that used a button to start the calendar's cgi from its native
> location. Adds a step, but not a terribly burdensome one. Or if the domain
> just runs the calendar, this page could be the default Home Page even.
>
> At 05:15 PM 3/1/00 -0600, Rob Wright wrote:
> >I've got something I've been trying to do, and am about to the point of
> >thinking it can't be done. I have a cgi for a webpage calendar that I
> >would like people to be able to visit without having to use a big long
> >URL like www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/calendar/script.cgi, but something
> >simple like www.mydomain.com/calendar. Is there any way to do this with
> >a link between a /home/calendar directory and the cgi directory? I've
> >tried numerous combinations looking for the right one and nothing seems
> >to work. I've been able to get the link to point to the right directory,
> >but not execute the cgi, it just lists the folders. Any helpful hints??
>
> ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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