Web Design in a Nutshell

Name

exec

Synopsis

                     exec cmd|cgi="string"
                  

Executes external programs and inserts the output in the current document.

Attributes

cgi

Provides the relative URL path to the CGI script.

You are visitor number <!—#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/counter.pl" —>

cmd

Specifies any shell program on the server. The SSI variables are available to the command.

<!--#exec cmd="/bin/finger $REMOTE_USER@$REMOTE_HOST" -->