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06ba4a61654b3763ad65f52283832ebf058fdf1cslive<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Execution of CGI scripts using an
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a945f35eff8b6a88009ce73de6d4c862ce58de3cslive <p>Except for the optimizations and the additional <code class="directive"><a href="#scriptsock">ScriptSock</a></code> directive noted below,
06ba4a61654b3763ad65f52283832ebf058fdf1cslive <code class="module"><a href="/mod/mod_cgid.html">mod_cgid</a></code> behaves similarly to <code class="module"><a href="/mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code>.
06ba4a61654b3763ad65f52283832ebf058fdf1cslive <strong>See the <code class="module"><a href="/mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code> summary for additional details
06ba4a61654b3763ad65f52283832ebf058fdf1cslive <p>On certain unix operating systems, forking a process from a
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CGIDScriptTimeout" id="CGIDScriptTimeout">CGIDScriptTimeout</a> <a name="cgidscripttimeout" id="cgidscripttimeout">Directive</a></h2>
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>value of <code class="directive"><a href="/mod/core.html#timeout">Timeout</a></code> directive when
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>CGIDScriptTimeout defaults to zero in releases 2.4 and earlier
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ScriptSock" id="ScriptSock">ScriptSock</a> <a name="scriptsock" id="scriptsock">Directive</a></h2>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The filename prefix of the socket to use for communication with
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ScriptSock <var>file-path</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ScriptSock cgisock</code></td></tr>
<code class="directive"><a href="/mod/core.html#defaultruntimedir">DefaultRuntimeDir</a></code>.</p>
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