-export LC_ALL=C
-
-# this program is supposed to be symlinked into a http root directory
-# we will use the http root as object storage (data directory) and call sub
-# programs from the directory in which the real executable resides
-# therefore we need to identify the code and data directories _EXEC and _DATA
-call="$0"
-real="$(readlink -f $call)"
-_DATA="$(dirname "$call")" #storage directory
-_EXEC="${real%/shcgi/index.cgi}" #execution directory
-
-# basic functions
-die() {
- echo "$@" >&2
- exit 1
-}
-
-debug() { #change to false to disable debugging
- #true && echo "$*" >>debug
- true && [ -n "$*" ] && echo -E "$*" >>/dev/stderr
- true && [ -z "$*" ] && tee /dev/stderr
-}