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Configuring HTMLDOC with Apache

The Apache web server is easily configured to use HTMLDOC. The simplest way is to copy or symlink the htmldoc executable to the configured cgi-bin directory. For example, if your Apache installation is configured to look for CGI programs in the /var/www/cgi-bin directory, the default for Apache on Red Hat Linux, then the command to install HTMLDOC on your web server would be:

    ln -s /usr/bin/htmldoc /var/www/cgi-bin ENTER

If you are using Apache 2.0.30 or higher, you will also need to enable PATH_INFO support by adding the following line to your httpd.conf file:

    AcceptPathInfo On

Apache also allows you to associate CGI programs with a specific extension. If you add the following line to your httpd.conf file:

    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

and enable CGI execution with the Options directive for a directory:

    Options +ExecCGI

then you can copy or symlink the htmldoc executable to an alternate location. For example, if you have a web directory called /var/www/htdocs/products, you can install HTMLDOC in this directory with the following command:

    ln -s /usr/bin/htmldoc /var/www/htdocs/products/htmldoc.cgi ENTER

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