[Tutor] File extension for CGI scripts written in Python

[Alan Gauld]

> Python.  In the literature I have studied, I have seen the extensions .cgi
> and .py applied to such files.  Is one preferred over the other, or is it 
> a
> matter of personal preference?

It depends on how your web server hsa been set up, there are two basic 
options:
1) All CGUI scripts go in a common dirdectory (usually cgi-bin) in which 
case you
    would name them as .py
2) You can store the CGI files with the corresponding html files in which 
case
     they are named .cgi to tell the web server to execute them as such.

Which method you use is determined by your web servers settings which could
have either or both enabled.

HTH,

Alan G
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