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in reply to CGI display a gif

I would recommend against keeping images in the cgi-bin, and place the images/ directory in the web root. You can ensure that this is accessed by changing the SRC attribute on your image tag to "/images/1.gif". The leading slash moves us out of the local directory.

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Re^2: CGI display a gif
by indie_campbell (Novice) on Jun 06, 2005 at 16:02 UTC
    i have noticed that the properties of cgi-bin foler are read only, does this make a difference (using XP)
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      the question is why does it work with html code and not cgi though? seems odd
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