Re: CGIDEV2 question

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> Is there a way to not require the port from being required in the url when
> calling the cgi program?

The port has to be specified _somewhere_.  Otherwise, the browser won't 
know which port to connect to.  When the browser isn't told specifically 
which port to connect to, it connects to port 80.

However, you could have only one link to get you started, and then use 
relative links for the rest.  That way, you'd only have to specify the 
custom port number once.

> Is this an apache directive issue?

No, and if you think about it, you'll see why it can't be an Apache 
directive.  It's the browser (not the HTTP server) that has to establish 
the connection.  It has to know where Apache is -- which port -- in order
to connect to it.

You can re-configure the server all day, it won't tell the browser to 
connect to it!

Putting the port number in the Apache config would be like me writing my 
own telephone number on my hand.  Sure, I'd know my number whenever I 
needed it.  But that wouldn't help YOU call me.

> I've been looking through the examples and haven't been able to figure 
> out how to not require the port. The reason I ask is that I see in some 
> of my examples that don't use port 80, that the configured port is not 
> specified.

They probably used relative links, which frankly, is the way to go.