CGIServlet in WLS 7.02

Question

Hi,
I am running WLS 7.02.
I wanted to hookup a leagacy CGI app to the WLS.
I created the the web.xml as follows -
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<web-app>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>CGIServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>weblogic.servlet.CGIServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>cgiDir</param-name>
<param-value>/bea/iaps/applications/ptrax/cgi-bin</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>*.cgi</param-name>
<param-value>/bin/perl</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>CGIServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/cgi-bin/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
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The config.xml is configured for PTrax as follows -
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<Application Deployed="true" Name="ptrax"
Path="/bea/iaps/applications" StagedTargets=""
StagingMode="nostage" TwoPhase="true">
<WebAppComponent Name="ptrax" Targets="nettools" URI="ptrax"/>
</Application>
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The ptrax dir is as follows -
/bea/iaps/applications/ptrax
|---- WEB-INF
|---- cgi-bin
|---- htdocs
|----- templates
The URL http://<host>:<port>/ptrax/cgi-bin/ptrax.cgi
is failing on a line, when it tries to open and read a file
./htdocs/templates/start.html
If I give the full path name as in
/bea/iaps/applications/ptrax/htdocs/templates/start.html
then it works.
My ques is -
#1. For a CGI app thats configured as above, what is the
root context ?
#2. Obviously, specifying full path name is not a good idea,
so what should be done to rectify this problem.
I would really appreciate a quick response.
Thanks in advance
-Anil Varma

Answer 1

Hi Anil,
> For a CGI app thats configured as above, what is the root context ?
If memory serves, this is the directory of the domain to which the app
is deployed. (ie. not of the app, but of the domain)
Regards,
Jon