Debug CGI by simulation

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Published on 2010-05-01T18:51:40Z Indexed on 2010/05/01 18:57 UTC
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environment-variables

I basically want to debug a cgi programm with gdb by emulating the environment variables and stdin stream.
How do I set the variables and stdin?

I am using lampp and gdb.

Thanks!

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