OK, one more thing to add to the tutorial the OP just got on CGI scripting:
In the CGI execution context (webserver), it's best to put your output last. As soon
as you do this:
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "... ";
don't rely on the webserver to do much more for you after it's done printing the http
output.
My experience across about many different commercial and institutional web servers
leads me to at minimum wrap up all system-related actions -- like file ops -- before
printing output. And the best approach is: output last. Otherwise, I find webservers
inconsistent as far as when they to let go of a CGI process. Perhaps someone who knows
more about Apache or IIS could comment.
- Bruce
__bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz__ca__
