CGIHTTPServer Namespace Reference

Data Structures
class	CGIHTTPRequestHandler

Functions
def	nobody_uid
def	executable
def	test

Variables
string	__version__ = "0.4"
list	__all__ = ["CGIHTTPRequestHandler"]
	nobody = None

Detailed Description

CGI-savvy HTTP Server.

This module builds on SimpleHTTPServer by implementing GET and POST
requests to cgi-bin scripts.

If the os.fork() function is not present (e.g. on Windows),
os.popen2() is used as a fallback, with slightly altered semantics; if
that function is not present either (e.g. on Macintosh), only Python
scripts are supported, and they are executed by the current process.

In all cases, the implementation is intentionally naive -- all
requests are executed sychronously.

SECURITY WARNING: DON'T USE THIS CODE UNLESS YOU ARE INSIDE A FIREWALL
-- it may execute arbitrary Python code or external programs.

Function Documentation

def CGIHTTPServer.executable

(

path)

Test for executable file.

Definition at line 305 of file CGIHTTPServer.py.

References test().

def executable(path):
    """Test for executable file."""
    try:
        st = os.stat(path)
    except os.error:
        return 0
    return st[0] & 0111 != 0