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Re: [cobalt-users] CGI Script wwwcount2.5



> It really has *nothing* to do with it being 'cgi' , *text* files should be
> uploaded in 'text' mode, data files and machine programs have to be
> uploaded in 'binary' mode, cgi's that are perl scripts are in fact 'text'
> , thus the often given advice to upload in text mode, but some cgi's are
> in fact compiled programs and thus are binary data, trying to convert
> cr/lf just corrupts them.

Thank you. Mostly for assuming I meant "cgi script" in the first part of my
paragraph when I said "CGI should be uploaded in ASCII"... it *is* what I
meant.  (Not that you're uploading CGI itself - gimme a break guys -
...never mind, I'll deal with that other post directly I suppose.)

CarrieB