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The cgi-bin is where your perl scripts can be uploaded and executed.

At this point, I am only providing basic information. If you do not know what perl scripts or cgi scripts are, skip this part and go directly to the "Docs" where you will want to upload your html files to.

You can go into the by double clicking on the directory in wsftple.

After you are in the you will see this...

Basic scripts are installed on the basic account setup. You can read your setup email regarding the formmail.pl and such.

If you "know" what your doing, you may wish to upload your own perl and cgi scripts yourself.

Hit the and go back to your root login. See this file?

At the bottom, toggle ascii mode:

Then highlight the file by clicking "once". Then on the right side click on the

The file will be downloaded and opened up in Notepad. This file explains many of the unix paths you need to know in order to properly install a perl script.

I recommend printing that file while you have it open. =)

At this point, double click back into the and go to "Transfer Files" to explain how to upload a perl script.

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