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Support Page CGI FAQs

What are CGI scripts?
Do you offer unlimited CGI?
Where should I put my CGI scripts?
What is the path to perl, sendmail
Where can I get more information about CGI scripting?

1. What are CGI scripts?

A CGI (Common Gateway Interface) script is a small program written in a language such as Perl, C or C++ that functions as the glue between HTML pages and other programs on the web server. For example, a CGI script might allow search data entered on a Web page to be sent to the database management system for lookup. The CGI script resides on the server and obtains the data from the user via environmental variables that the web server makes available to it. A CGI library is a collection of commonly used CGI scripts, whereas a customer's own CGI-BIN directory would contain CGI scripts used and maintained solely by that customer.

2. Do you offer unlimited CGI?

We offer free CGI within reason. If your CGI script is usurping the resources on our computers, we will remove the script and contact you to notify you of the problem. For a description of what is deemed acceptable, please visit:

http://www.arishost.com/Acceptable/

3. Where should I put my CGI scripts?

Your CGI programs can be located ANYWHERE within your directory. However, in order to be interpreted correctly, the filenames of your scripts MUST end in .cgi

4. What is the path to perl, sendmail?

The path to perl is /usr/bin/perl
The path to sendmail is /usr/lib/sendmail

5. Where can I get more information about CGI scripting?

The following references provide additional information on CGI scripting and advanced web site development:

*$30/yr price is for .com, .net, .org, .info, and .biz extensions.
The .ca extensions are $48/yr and .cc and .us extensions are $45/yr.