A couple of options: 1. Any query parameter or POSTed parameter should be passed to the CGI script on the command line in the form perl arg1=value1 arg2=value2 etc 2. The latest CGI script from CVS (the one in 4.1.31 contains a JDK 1.4 dependency) supports passing enviroment parameters to the CGI script.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Lisa Soto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 11:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: CGI Servlet environmental variables > > Hi, > > I've read through the documentation, and searched the > archives and can't > find a solution to my problem. > > We have apache2 with tomcat 4.1.27. When I was using mod_jk, we could > uses aliases under apache with no problems, even with the > ROOT of tomcat > mounted on the / of apache. > > With JK2, this is not the case, so we're moving content into > the tomcat > containers. > > The hardest problem is the cgi-bin. I got the CGI Servlet > working after > some work, and the scripts execute. But I need for Tomcat to pass a > variable for "DOCUMENT_ROOT" to the perl scripts in the > cgi-bin that use > it. Dumping the variables, I can see that it's not doing this. > > Is there some way to make this variable available to the perl scripts, > even if I have to set it manually in the environment? > > This spans several scripts, so we'd want to set it globally for the > server. > > Thanks, > Lisa > -- > Lisa Soto > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (631) 344-2009 > Systems Administrator > ITD Unix Services > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
