mod_ecgi
Non-forking CGI with Apache

mod_ecgi is thoroughly experimental. I had originally planned a lot more development before making it public, but due to lack of time it's now lain untouched for three months. I'm putting it here in the hope that 'going public' will put some momentum back into it.
-- Nick Kew

Description

mod_cgi turns CGI program into a dynamically loaded library (.so) and runs it without forking. Gives the simplicity and portability of CGI without the overhead.

There is no documentation, beyond the source code comments. It will build cleanly with Apache 1.3b6+, and you'll need some configuration: e.g.

AddHandler mod_ecgi	.so
 or
AddType x-embedded-cgi	.so

As I said, see the source file.

There's also a small harness for CGI programs, to get round the way many sloppy CGIs never return but call exit() instead. It's not absolutely necessary, but for most purposes you'll want it.

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Let me repeat, this is pre-alpha code. Do not compile this into an operational server. You have been warned.

You will need both:
mod_ecgi
the ecgi harness.