Question

What gives the full path to CGI script?

(a) script_filename

(b) script_name

(c) server_name

(d) request_method

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Origin of the question is CSS Transition, Perl cgi Programming in division CGI Programming & Miscellaneous of CSS

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) script_filename

To elaborate: script_filename gives the full path to the CGI script, script_name gives the name of the CGI script, server_name gives the server’s hostname or IP address, request_method is the method used to make the request, the most common methods are GET and POST.