- <p>Any file that has the mime type
- <code>application/x-httpd-cgi</code> or handler
- <code>cgi-script</code> (Apache 1.1 or later) will be treated
+ <p>Any file that has the handler
+ <code>cgi-script</code> will be treated
as a CGI script, and run by the server, with its output being
- returned to the client. Files acquire this type either by
+ returned to the client. Files acquire this handler either by
having a name containing an extension defined by the
- <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addtype">AddType</a></code> directive, or by being
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code> directive, or by being
in a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code>
directory.</p>
- <p>When the server invokes a CGI script, it will add a variable
- called <code>DOCUMENT_ROOT</code> to the environment. This
- variable will contain the value of the
- <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code> configuration
- variable.</p>
-
<p>For an introduction to using CGI scripts with Apache, see
our tutorial on <a href="../howto/cgi.html">Dynamic Content
With CGI</a>.</p>
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgid.html">mod_cgid</a></code> should be used in place of
this module. At the user level, the two modules are essentially
identical.</p>
+
+ <p>For backward-compatibility, the cgi-script handler will also be activated
+ for any file with the mime-type <code>application/x-httpd-cgi</code>. The
+ use of the magic mime-type is deprecated.</p>
</div>
<div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
<ul id="toc">
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- <p>Any file that has the mime type
- <code>application/x-httpd-cgi</code> or handler
- <code>cgi-script</code> (Apache 1.1 or later) will be treated
+ <p>Any file that has the handler
+ <code>cgi-script</code> will be treated
as a CGI script, and run by the server, with its output being
- returned to the client. Files acquire this type either by
+ returned to the client. Files acquire this handler either by
having a name containing an extension defined by the
- <directive module="mod_mime">AddType</directive> directive, or by being
+ <directive module="mod_mime">AddHandler</directive> directive, or by being
in a <directive module="mod_alias">ScriptAlias</directive>
directory.</p>
- <p>When the server invokes a CGI script, it will add a variable
- called <code>DOCUMENT_ROOT</code> to the environment. This
- variable will contain the value of the
- <directive module="core">DocumentRoot</directive> configuration
- variable.</p>
-
<p>For an introduction to using CGI scripts with Apache, see
our tutorial on <a href="../howto/cgi.html">Dynamic Content
With CGI</a>.</p>
<module>mod_cgid</module> should be used in place of
this module. At the user level, the two modules are essentially
identical.</p>
+
+ <p>For backward-compatibility, the cgi-script handler will also be activated
+ for any file with the mime-type <code>application/x-httpd-cgi</code>. The
+ use of the magic mime-type is deprecated.</p>
</summary>
<seealso><directive module="core">AcceptPathInfo</directive></seealso>