diff Lib/cgi.py @ 4573:73758db2f464 legacy-trunk

/usr/local/bin/python -> /usr/bin/env python
author Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
date Wed, 27 Nov 1996 19:52:01 +0000
parents d90d7b541ada
children 18023e7c3862
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--- a/Lib/cgi.py	Wed Nov 27 19:51:35 1996 +0000
+++ b/Lib/cgi.py	Wed Nov 27 19:52:01 1996 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/local/bin/python
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 
 """Support module for CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts.
 
@@ -216,10 +216,14 @@
 that the first line of the script contains "#!" starting in column 1
 followed by the pathname of the Python interpreter, for instance:
 
-	#!/usr/local/bin/python
+	#! /usr/local/bin/python
 
 Make sure the Python interpreter exists and is executable by "others".
 
+(Note that it's probably not a good idea to use #! /usr/bin/env python
+here, since the Python interpreter may not be on the default path
+given to CGI scripts!!!)
+
 Make sure that any files your script needs to read or write are
 readable or writable, respectively, by "others" -- their mode should
 be 644 for readable and 666 for writable.  This is because, for