[htdig] Shell wrapper script not working

[Sigfus Oddsson]

Hello,

My site is running on a box with multiple virtual hosts. There is one central ht://Dig installation for all of them so in order for my site to use that installation I must provide my own config files, which is easy using the -c option. However, problems arise when using a wrapper script to point the htsearch CGI binary to these same config files.

Element 4.20 of the FAQ mentions changing the CONFIG_DIR variable, which is probably what I want. I have set up a script with +x permissions and a .htaccess file in the directory containing the shell script. The following is the script:

-- htsearch.cgi (2 lines) --
#!/bin/sh
CONFIG_DIR=/home/myhome/htdig/conf /opt/www/cgi-bin/htsearch ${@+"$@"}
---

Also, the .htaccess file for Apache:

-- .htaccess (1 line) --
AddType application/x-httpd-cgi .cgi
---

The htsearch binary runs fine, I'm sure of that. But changing the CONFIG_DIR env variable seems to have no effect. I've tried running the htsearch.cgi both through the webserver and locally and in both cases it simply says 'Unable to read word database file. Did you run htmerge?' This message appears regardless of wether the config file even exists. However, using -c with htsearch works fine so I know that everything is working perfectly, except for the fact that it isn't reading CONFIG_DIR env variable.

Can someone please help me or supply me with a better shell wrapper script?

Thank you,
Sigfus Oddsson



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