busybox httpd cgi environment

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Wednesday 12 September 2007 17:02, Paul Albrecht wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a question about busybox httpd and its cgi environment:  Is there
> a way to setup and/or access environment variables other than the
> variables that are defined by the common gateway interface?

CGI cannot "setup" (i.e. change) environment variables
of the parent httpd process. It can only play with its own ones.

> The reason I'm asking is because I'm writing a cgi program that handles
> a form differently depending on how my system is configured so the
> results aren't completely defined using cgi variables.

I *think* httpd just passes down whatever environment variables
it got set at the moment it was started itself.

If it is not so, report it as a bug.
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vda