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Using cpanel on my hosting account, I created a subdomain - e.g. www.clothing.mysite.com
A cgi-bin folder was automatically created in the directory for clothing.mysite.com. Do I need it? I'm only using the subdomain to install wordpress on it. I don't really understand what the cgi-bin folder is for and I'm happy to leave it if it doesn't harm anything. Any thoughts?
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Can you delete cgi-bin? The cgi-bin is located in the directory root of your website. If there are no scripts stored in that folder, you can delete that folder. It should not be a problem with your website.
A CGI-bin is a folder used to house scripts that will interact with a Web browser to provide functionality for a Web page or website. Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a resource for accommodating the use of scripts in Web design.
If you look in the /var/www (the document root of Apache), you will find a sub-directory called cgi-bin. This is not where your Perl programs and other various files will be placed. Within the /usr/lib/ directory, you will find another cgi-bin directory; it is the repository for your executables.
Open your Filezilla program and connect to your website. When you are in your top-level directory, (Where you see "public_html") Right-click anywhere in the the window and select "create directory." Simply name the directory "cgi-bin" You're done!
cgi-bin historically was the only place where executable or script code (binaries, shell scripts, etc.) could be stored. It is mostly a historic relic since most hosts allow execution of scripts from anywhere.
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You can safely delete it. "cgi-bin" is hardly ever used these days.
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