.\" cgiInit - Initializes cgi library .\" Copyright (c) 1998 Martin Schulze .\" .\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify .\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by .\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or .\" (at your option) any later version. .\" .\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, .\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the .\" GNU General Public License for more details. .\" .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License .\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software .\" Foundation, Inc.,59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. .\" .TH cgiInit 3 "14 February 1998" "Debian GNU/Linux" "Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME cgiInit \- Initializes cgi library .SH SYNOPSYS .nf .B #include .sp .B s_cgi **cgiInit(); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION This routine initializes the cgi routines. Mainly it reads in and decodes cgi data for later processing. If the program is not called via cgi interface the user is prompted to type in cgi variable bindings via stdin - just like GGI.pm does. This routine normally is the first or second. Only .BR cgiDebug () may be called before. If debugging is enabled this routine produces some additional output. .SH "RETURN VALUE" On success a set of cgi variable bindings is returned that is needed for later processing. If an error occurs NULL is returned. .SH "AUTHOR" This cgi library is written by Martin Schulze . If you have additions or improvements please get in touch with him. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR cgiDebug (3), .BR cgiHeader (3), .BR cgiGetValue (3).