Using The Common Gateway Interface: CGI Installation Procedures

Write your script.
Write it up, test it thoroughly, and make sure you followed the guidelines.
Submit it for review.
Somebody else should look over your script. Ideally, this would include you sitting down with that somebody and telling them how it works, line-by-line. Usually, if you missed anything, one of you will notice it at this point. Things to watch for are security holes, inefficient methods and algorithms, and user interface issues and input- and error-checking. Nothing gets installed without a review, and without any problems found during the review being addressed and fixed.
Install it.
The system administrators will then install it in the appropriate place in the cgi-bin directory. If you've done everything properly, it will require a minimum of changes. If you have written your CGI in a language that requires compilation, the administrator will compile it and install the binary. In no case will a CGI delivered in binary form only be installed.

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