Hi,
<servlet> <servlet-name>cgi</servlet-name> (----3-----) <servlet-class>org.apache.catalina.servlets.CGIServlet</servlet-class> (----4-----) </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>cgi</servlet-name> (----2-----) <url-pattern>/cgi-bin/*</url-pattern> (----1-----) </servlet-mapping> The Http servlet request's context path (/cgi-bin) is checked first in servlet mapping(1) and if one found , tomcat obtains the name of the servlet(2). Using the name of the servlet (3) it find the name of the class to execute(4) http://localhost:8080/PERL_TOOLS_SITE/cgi/hello.cgi Unsuccessful : HTTP Status 404 - /PERL_TOOLS_SITE/cgi/hello.cgi >> no mapping available for cgi in servlet-mapping element http://localhost:8080/PERL_TOOLS_SITE/cgi-bin/hello.cgi Successful : How ? >> maping available inside servlet-mppaing element Thanks, Thanga Karthik Nanjangude <karthik.nanjangu To d...@xius-bcgi.com> Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> 19/03/09 02:57 PM cc Subject Please respond to tomcat - perl cgi "Tomcat Users List" <us...@tomcat.apa che.org> Hi Declared in webapps/ PERL_TOOLS_SITE / WEB-INF/web.xml for CGI Perl execution as given below, <servlet> <servlet-name>cgi</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.apache.catalina.servlets.CGIServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>debug</param-name> <param-value>0</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>cgiPathPrefix</param-name> <param-value>WEB-INF/cgi</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <!-- The mapping for the CGI Gateway servlet --> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>cgi</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/cgi-bin/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> </web-app> http://localhost:8080/PERL_TOOLS_SITE/cgi/hello.cgi Unsuccessful : HTTP Status 404 - /PERL_TOOLS_SITE/cgi/hello.cgi http://localhost:8080/PERL_TOOLS_SITE/cgi-bin/hello.cgi Successful : How ? Although the "<servlet-name>cgi</servlet-name>" is mapped in web.xml Thanks & Regards karthik --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
