CGI utilities for POSIX shell.
- coreutils
- urlencode
- ripmime
make install
The PREFIX make variable controls where the tools are installed.
Default value is /usr/local.
. cgi
Shortcut to setup the CGI directory and a session.
cgi-cookie (-a | <name> [<value>])
Get a cookie from the request, or set a cookie in the response.
cgi-file [-e] <file>
Send the contents of a file in the response, automatically determining the Content-Type header.
cgi-free
Clean up the CGI files directory.
cgi-header [-n] <header>
Build the HTTP headers for the response.
cgi-init
Initiate the CGI files directory. Should be cleaned up at the end of the script with cgi-free.
cgi-param (-a | <name>)
Read parameters from the request.
cgi-session [-h | -s | -x | [<param> [<value>]]
Create and manage sessions.
SHCGI
The CGI directory created by cgi-init.
SHCGI_COOKIE_DOMAIN
The domain used for cookies.
SHCGI_COOKIE_PATH
The path used for cookies.
SHCGI_SESSION
The current session directory.
SHCGI_SESSION_LIFETIME
The lifetime in minutes of a session. Default is 30.
SHCGI_SESSION_DIR
The directory used to store sessions. Default is cgi-sessions in the current directory.
SHCGI_SESSION_COOKIE
The name of the cookie used for the session ID. Default is session.
#!/bin/sh
. cgi
cgi-header 'Content-type: text/html'
cat <<EOF
<html>
<head>
<title>CGI example</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Value of parameter foo: $(cgi-param foo)</p>
<p>Value of session parameter bar: $(cgi-session bar)</p>
</body>
</html>
EOF
cgi-free