What is the script-alias tag?

The URL used to request a perl or CGI script must follow the pattern: http://host:port/<script-alias><script>.

Here host and port are the Server host name/HTTP port configured, and <script-alias> is the alias that points to the location of the script (<script>) on the Web Server.

<script-alias> is registered with the server configuration XML the same way as <cgi-alias>, through script-name and script-directory tags.

Table 1: The script-alias tag

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Tag element	Sub-tags	Description	Example values
<script-alias>	-	Maps an alias to the path where the file is located. The file requested will be executed and the output will be served.	/cgi-<script directory>/exec
-	<script-name>	Alias name. Prefix the alias name with '/' character.	/cgi-<script directory>
-	<script-directory>	Alias name maps to this path to the location of the file.	c:\orant\tools\web60\cgi-<script directory>

For example:

<script-alias>
  <script-name>/cgi-bin</script-name>
  <script-directory>
</script-alias>


Then, the URL resolved would be http://host:port/cgi-bin/<script>.

Related Topics:

• How do I use CGI with Pramati Web Server?
• How do I setup CGI plug-in?
• What is the cgi-alias tag?
• What is the property tag?
• How do I start the Server in Debug Mode?

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