cgi bandwidth

[Wasim]

hey all.

Could somone let me know how much bandwidth cgi files, which are placed in the cgi bin, use?

Would it be a lot since its in the bin or only a little?

also how does a sgi script work?

i could google my second question however i would like the help from since its usually accurate and to the point.

Thanks folk!

[DarkPhoenix]

The first question is quite simple. It uses only as much bandwith as it sends out.. that is, the size of the content that a person who uses the .cgi receives. No matter what the .cgi does "behind the scenes", the only bandwith it consumes is what it sends out.

I'll assume you meant cgi script and not sgi. CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface and is usually used to do things that common web pages can't do. An example of cgi is this forum. Once you click that "Add Reply" button after writing a post, the forum sends your text to the server. The CGI part of the server then saves it to a database. When a user looks into the topic you replied in, the CGI fetches your reply, and prints it out in that nice-looking table structure, along with others' replies.

I am not very good at explaining things.. I hope the example helps you understand.. basically all web-services that allow user-interaction or constantly updated info is done with CGI. Such as web-mail, forums, quizes, news-sites, etc.

Commonly used CGIs are PHP, Perl, ASP and Python. There are of course more, but those are most common.

[Wasim]

yes i was referring to cgi scripts, because i am planning on using mt at my blog software...once i get free host and mt uses cgi.

thanks for that!