Author: kkolinko
Date: Thu Nov 20 03:34:57 2014
New Revision: 1640658
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1640658
Log:
Correct documentation for CGI servlet:
The default value for cgiPathPrefix is null. The "WEB-INF/cgi" value is the
recommended one and used in conf/web.xml example.
Modified:
tomcat/trunk/conf/web.xml
tomcat/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/CGIServlet.java
tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/cgi-howto.xml
Modified: tomcat/trunk/conf/web.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/conf/web.xml?rev=1640658&r1=1640657&r2=1640658&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/trunk/conf/web.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/conf/web.xml Thu Nov 20 03:34:57 2014
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@
<!-- -->
<!-- cgiPathPrefix The CGI search path will start at -->
<!-- webAppRootDir + File.separator + this prefix. -->
- <!-- [WEB-INF/cgi] -->
+ <!-- If not set, then webAppRootDir is used. -->
+ <!-- Recommended value: WEB-INF/cgi -->
<!-- -->
<!-- debug Debugging detail level for messages logged -->
<!-- by this servlet. [0] -->
Modified: tomcat/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/CGIServlet.java
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/CGIServlet.java?rev=1640658&r1=1640657&r2=1640658&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/CGIServlet.java (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/CGIServlet.java Thu Nov 20
03:34:57 2014
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ import org.apache.catalina.util.IOTools;
* or an instance where the specification cited differs from Best
* Community Practice (BCP).
* Such instances should be well-documented here. Please email the
- * <a href="mailto:[email protected]";>Tomcat group
[[email protected]]</a>
+ * <a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/lists.html";>Tomcat group</a>
* with amendments.
*
* </p>
Modified: tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/cgi-howto.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/cgi-howto.xml?rev=1640658&r1=1640657&r2=1640658&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/cgi-howto.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/cgi-howto.xml Thu Nov 20 03:34:57 2014
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ configure the behaviour of the CGI servl
<ul>
<li><strong>cgiPathPrefix</strong> - The CGI search path will start at
the web application root directory + File.separator + this prefix.
-The default cgiPathPrefix is <code>WEB-INF/cgi</code></li>
+By default there is no value, which results in the web application root
+directory being used as the search path. The recommended value is
+<code>WEB-INF/cgi</code></li>
<li><strong>debug</strong> - Debugging detail level for messages logged
-by this servlet. Default 0.</li>
+by this servlet. Default is <code>0</code>.</li>
<li><strong>executable</strong> - The of the executable to be used to
run the script. You may explicitly set this parameter to be an empty string
if your script is itself executable (e.g. an exe file). Default is
@@ -105,13 +107,14 @@ and so on - additional arguments for the
CGI script name. By default there are no additional arguments.</li>
<li><strong>parameterEncoding</strong> - Name of the parameter encoding
to be used with the CGI servlet. Default is
-<code>System.getProperty("file.encoding","UTF-8")</code>.</li>
+<code>System.getProperty("file.encoding","UTF-8")</code>. That is the system
+default encoding, or UTF-8 if that system property is not available.</li>
<li><strong>passShellEnvironment</strong> - Should the shell environment
-variables (if any) be passed to the CGI script? Default is
+variables from Tomcat process (if any) be passed to the CGI script? Default is
<code>false</code>.</li>
<li><strong>stderrTimeout</strong> - The time (in milliseconds) to wait for
the reading of stderr to complete before terminating the CGI process. Default
-is 2000.</li>
+is <code>2000</code>.</li>
</ul>
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