CGI: Run Script then load page

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> #!/usr/bin/env python
    >> print "Status-Code: 301"                        # Moved permanently
    >> print "Location: http://www.rfceditor.org/"     # New location
    >> print ""                                        # Newline ends HTTP header

    Tom> Coming from a perl background I was surprised there isn't a header
    Tom> building function in the cgi module ... any reason behind this, or
    Tom> did they just not think of it?

The cgi module concerns itself with processing client-side input, not
building server-side output.  I guess nobody thought generating the
necessary headers was all that big a deal.  Some modules do concern
themselves with their little niche.  For example, the Cookie module knows
how to generate Set-Cookie HTTP headers.

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