How is CGI implemented in the standard HTTPD??

[bob selby]

Is it built into "thttpd" ??

What is the diff between "thttpd" and "thttpd_c" ??

I need to implement some sort of web server that can ofer CGI on an embedded platform and I'm wondering about the best approach.

Bob

[dingetje]

Is it built into "thttpd" ??

Yes, as you may know the web control panel in FREESCO is hosted by thttpd and relies massively on CGI

What is the diff between "thttpd" and "thttpd_c" ??

I don't know, where did you find thttpd_c? Any links?

I need to implement some sort of web server that can ofer CGI on an embedded platform and I'm wondering about the best approach.

Can you provide a bit more information about that embedded platform?

[bob selby]

Thanks,

thttpd and thttpd_c are both in "sbin"

3104 S 1 thttpd thttpd-d/www-p80-unobody
3144 S 1 thttpd_c thttpd_c-d/wwa-p82-uroot

The embedded platform is "thread-x" based running on an ARM9 processor - ie not linux.

Just trying to figure out if I should try to add CGI to our existing web server, or try to port a new webserver ... but either way we would need a compact solution.

Bob

[Lightning]

In the 04x series of FREESCO thttpd and thttpd_c are exactly the same binary and thttpd_c is just a symbolic link to thttpd. The reason they were separated into two different names was so that the web server could be restarted from within the control panel because thttpd_c runs the control panel and thttpd runs the web server. In previous versions of FREESCO both the web server and the control panel were stopped and started by the same rc_httpd script because it was just one binary name. Now there is rc_httpd and rc_control to control them separately.

As for running CGI, it is completely possible to run CGI scripting. The only issue becomes what is the shell that needs to run the shell scripting. In some cases the built in ash "sh" script is enough. But in other instances it may require the addition of the full bash "sh" binary or you may even need perl or some other sort of shell binary to run the CGI scripting. A quick look at the CGI script should let us/you know what will be required to some degree.

With regards to web serving thttpd is quite an efficient web server and actually has much better performance than Apache as long as it is just web pages and CGI scripting. If you need to include anything that requires PHP then Apache is a much better choice.

[bob selby]

Many thanks for that
Bob

[strampke]

What version is thttpd in Freesco 0.4.x?

[Lightning]

What version is thttpd in Freesco 0.4.x?

Version 2.25b
However as with most programs in FREESCO it has been modified a fair amount.