Windows httpd Overview Windows httpd Overview
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If you installed the server's files with
C:\HTTPD as the directory root
and have the TZ environment variable set
(as recommended in the
Installation Instructions),
the server will run without any need for editing
configuration files. Start the server now and go to the
demonstration. This will
introduce you to the server's capabilities and test your server
installation at the same time.
Some people reported that it was difficult to find information on the
command line options for httpd, so
here it is.
A brief introduction to the server and its capabilities.
Step by step instructions for getting the server running, including command line options.
How to get the server to meet your needs.
Highly recommended over the DOS-box script interface!
How to write documents in the HyperText Markup Language, the "documents" of the Web.
A short digest of HTML syntax.
Primer on Universal Resource Locators, the "addressing" system for the Web.
Details on the Comon Gateway Interface, the API that supports executable scripts that generate documents, handle queries, forms, etc.
How to serve and process documents that use Mosaic's forms support.
Setting up for user-selective services.