.. function:: test()
Robust test CGI script, usable as main program. Writes minimal HTTP headers and
- formats all information provided to the script in HTML form.
+ formats all information provided to the script in HTML format.
.. function:: print_environ()
.. index:: pair: CGI; security
-There's one important rule: if you invoke an external program (via the
-:func:`os.system` or :func:`os.popen` functions. or others with similar
+There's one important rule: if you invoke an external program (via
+:func:`os.system`, :func:`os.popen` or other functions with similar
functionality), make very sure you don't pass arbitrary strings received from
the client to the shell. This is a well-known security hole whereby clever
hackers anywhere on the Web can exploit a gullible CGI script to invoke
you wonder whether you have understood the installation procedure correctly, try
installing a copy of this module file (:file:`cgi.py`) as a CGI script. When
invoked as a script, the file will dump its environment and the contents of the
-form in HTML form. Give it the right mode etc, and send it a request. If it's
+form in HTML format. Give it the right mode etc., and send it a request. If it's
installed in the standard :file:`cgi-bin` directory, it should be possible to
send it a request by entering a URL into your browser of the form: