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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:05:21 -0400
To: 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] web server
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On Sun Apr 19 12:03:54 EDT 2009, 9nut@9netics.com wrote:
> you could make local mods to your httpd so that paths starting with
> /cgi are given similar treatment as those that start with /magic; it
> would execute "cgi" and pass it the arguments as usual.  then url is:
>
> http://myserver/cgi/foo?var1=1&var2=2
>
> and in script "foo" the $QUERY_STRING will be "var1=1&var2=2"

if you look at /sys/src/cmd/ip/httpd/init.c you'll see that
argv[3] is the query string.

minooka; g req.search init.c
init.c:97: 	connect.req.search = argv[3];

there has been some recent reorganization of httpd.c
that i haven't carefully looked at.

about the same time i made a few modifications of my
own to eliminate some bad interactions between magic,
@ and other redirections.  i don't recall the senerio
exactly, but depending on the situation, arguments
could be parsed or not parsed.

if anyone else needs that, i'd be glad to put it on sources.

- erik