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Message from discussion Trying to run a simple CGI. Please help. Full source.

From: Michael Wines <u199...@purethought.com>
Subject: Re: Trying to run a simple CGI. Please help. Full source.
Date: 2000/06/08
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JKE wrote:
: 
: Drew Simonis <care...@attglobal.net> wrote:
: 
: :: #include <stdio.h>
: :: #include <stdlib.h>
: ::
: :: int main(void)
: :: {
: :: char *data;
: :: long m,n;
: :: printf("%s%c%c","<html>",13,10);
: :: printf("%s%c%c","<head>",13,10);
: :: printf("<title>Multiplication results</title>\n");
: :: printf("%s%c%c","<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html;
: :
: :
: :2 things I notice here.  First, your header is AFTER the html
: :and head tags, should be before.  Second is that it needs to be
: :followed by 2 newline charachters.  (usually \n).
: 
: I checked a few HTML pages and they all had a similar composition like mine.
: 
: I'm just learning here and just want a "hello world" type of html page to
: display.
: 
: I'll change the exe to write a htm page on the server and then make the browser
: jump there. What is the HMTL or CGI command that the exe should printf()?

Read this:
 http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/primer.html
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