On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Kurtis Rader <kra...@skepticism.us> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 3:41 AM, Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 20, 2015 5:03 PM, "Tom Browder" <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I had some CGI scripts running on Apache 2.2 which tested for
>> > "$ENV{DOCUMENT_ROOT}" and worked fine.
>> >
>> > Now I am attempting to use the same scripts on Apache 2.4 and, so far,
>> > I can't seem to find that variable defined.
>>
>> Okay, all is well, but why can't the docs show exactly what CGI
>> environment variables are passed?
>
>
> The docs do show what CGI environment variables are passed. See
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_cgi.html which in turn links to
> the official specification at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875.Thanks, Kurt, but my problem specifically is the DOCUMENT_ROOT which Apache 2.4 does pass but it's not mentioned in the RFC that I can find. I first started using it because it is mentioned in "CGI Programming with Perl" (Scott Guelich et al.) on p. 45 as a standard CGI environment variable. So that's my confusion: it's not listed in the RFC and the Apache docs do not mention it that I can find, but Apache 2.4 does pass it. Best regards, -Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
