This directory contains Perl source code for the programs printed
in the book "CGI Programming in C and Perl," by Thomas Boutell,
published by Addison-Wesley. C source code can be found
in another directory.

The files included are:

Filename            Purpose

bugrep            An email form handler: chapter 9
cgictest          A demonstration program for advanced forms: chapter 11
cgi-lib.pl        Steve Brenner's Perl CGI form parsing routines: chapter 8
cgipull           A client-pull example: chapter 12
clcmnts           A comment handler, using cgic: chapter 8
chart.pl          Functions to draw bar charts: chapter 10 
checkrej          A function to reject unauthorized users: chapter 6 
comments          A comment handler, not using cgic: chapter 7
dimage            A program which outputs an inline image: chapter 10
gdshort           A program which uses gd to draw an image: chapter 10
hello             A bare-bones CGI example: chapter 3
mag               An inline image "magnifying glass": chapter 12 
nph-p2            Server push, with fallbacks for older browsers: chapter 12
nph-push          A server push example: chapter 12
nph-sss           The Solar System Simulator: chapter 13
parse             Routines to read a database in a text file: chapter 14
refimage          A program which references random inline images: chapter 10
simtrade          World Wide Web Wall Street, trading simulator: chapter 14
testc             A simple test program for the chart module: chapter 10
trade             World Wide Web Wall Street, main CGI program: chapter 14  
wbw1              World Birthday Web, first version: chapter 5
wbw2              World Birthday Web, complete cgi-lib version: chapter 8