Notes:
  1. You must run the shell scripts on people.tamu.edu in the form 
    <form 
action="http://people.tamu.edu/~username/file.cgi" 
method=post>
    where ~username is your login name, and file.cgi is the script.
  2. cgi-bin scripts must go in the directory .public_html on unix.tamu.edu
  3. make sure that your scripts are "chmod 755"-ed
  4. You can create and edit scripts by logging into unix.tamu.edu and changing directories to .public_html
  5. The scripts are actually run on people.tamu.edu, where you do not have write access, consequently, use the tmp directory (/tmp) for all temporary file read/writes.
  6. See for more details about the server
  7. Since programs like maple and matlab do not exist on people.tamu.edu, you cannot run scripts with them from there.