From: GamerX_@usa.net (Dylan Griffiths) Subject: Re: getenv("REQUEST_METHOD") returns NULL in a cgi environment 16 Jun 1998 10:10:26 -0700 Message-ID: <001d01bd98f0$c4f670e0$8155a58e.cygnus.gnu-win32@hssktn129.sk.sympatico.ca> Reply-To: GamerX_@usa.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "yang su" , "Gnu Win32 Mailing list" -----Original Message----- From: yang su To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Date: Monday 15, June, 1998 21:39 Subject: getenv("REQUEST_METHOD") returns NULL in a cgi environment > >I am using ecgs for mingw32, so I compile my test.c like this: >gcc test.c -o test.cgi >then I invoke this cgi through http://some-path-to-test.cgi, >however, I get the NULL value of getenv("REQUEST_METHOD") which >I expect to be either POST or GET, can it be NULL in this context? >what might be a solution for this? Get a webserver that understands CGI and be sure to put this executeable file into the the CGI-BIN directory, and be sure that when the form that calls the CGI file is submitted, it has either POST or GET set. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".