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Must metadata be stored in my cgi-bin directory?

If the user that CGIs run as can't write to the directory in which CGIs reside, you can create a writable meta/ directory (or a link to one) there in advance:

        ...
    % mv fom /usr/local/etc/httpd/cgi-bin/fom
    % mkdir /usr/local/etc/httpd/cgi-bin/meta
    % chown nobody /usr/local/etc/httpd/cgi-bin/meta
    % netscape http://localhost/cgi-bin/fom

        ...
    % mv fom /usr/local/etc/httpd/cgi-bin/fom
    % mkdir /somewhere/else/meta
    % chown nobody /somewhere/else/meta
    % ln -s /somewhere/else/meta /usr/local/etc/httpd/cgi-bin/meta
    % netscape http://localhost/cgi-bin/fom

If you'd rather not even put a link in that directory, modify the fom CGI stub to directly name the desired meta directory:

    % vi fom
    % cat fom
    #!/usr/local/bin/perl
    use Faq::Omatic::dispatch
    Faq::Omatic::dispatch::main('/somewhere/else/meta/');
    % mv fom ...

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