cgi dectection

[Michal Wallace]

On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Michael Lunnay wrote:

> is there a standard way to detect if script is being run as a cgi script or
> from the command line. I am creating a script that can be run from both and
> obviously want the cgi to output HTML but the cammnd line to print text.

A couple ways to get what you want come to mind:

1. check for CGI-specific variables in os.environ, eg CONTENT_TYPE
2. make the core logic into a module, and then have two front ends. :)
3. check for a command line flag if you want text..

Cheers,

- Michal
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