what are these?

derricksmash · February 9th, 2007, 5:42 PM

when i navigate to my www folder, there is a list of things, such as _private/, cgi-bin/, etc...what the heck are they? also. when i use an ftp client to access the www folder, there are a lot more things in the folder. what is all this stuff?

edit: anyways, how bad would it be just to delete everything...

**Brandonnn** · February 9th, 2007, 6:14 PM

bad... don't delete any of it. Most of the things in there are for common web useage... forms... etc. If you aren't using any of them you shouldn't delete them because you may need them in the future.... deleting some of them will be detrimental so it's better to just leave them alone.

Awyas · February 9th, 2007, 6:35 PM

They do look irrirating but i just ignore them! The cgi-bin is useful though =]

derricksmash · February 9th, 2007, 6:44 PM

lol...you guys have no idea how much they bother me. lol.

and cgi-bin is useful? what's it for?

brandon...lol

qdoba plug. HAHA

**Brandonnn** · February 9th, 2007, 6:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by derricksmash

and cgi-bin is useful? what's it for?

**Kayla** · February 9th, 2007, 8:06 PM

To be honest, I would prefer everyone NOT use the cgi bin.

Cgi scripts get so messy!

Use PHP!

Awyas · February 9th, 2007, 8:35 PM

i only use the cgi-bin for the online perl script and the hit counter.those are really simple. like Kayla said, stick to PHP.

**Skipdawg** · February 9th, 2007, 9:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kayla

To be honest, I would prefer everyone NOT use the cgi bin.

Cgi scripts get so messy!

Use PHP!

Not to mention being a pain in the keister.

I gave up on those about 5 years ago.

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Awyas Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Feb 2007 16 posts Gave thanks: 1 Thanked 0 times	They do look irrirating but i just ignore them! The cgi-bin is useful though =]

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derricksmash Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Feb 2007 8 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	lol...you guys have no idea how much they bother me. lol. and cgi-bin is useful? what's it for? brandon...lol qdoba plug. HAHA

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Awyas Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Feb 2007 16 posts Gave thanks: 1 Thanked 0 times	i only use the cgi-bin for the online perl script and the hit counter.those are really simple. like Kayla said, stick to PHP.

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