+# create directories for object storage
+for each in "$_STOR"/{vcard,mappings}; do
+ [ ! -e "$each" ] && mkdir "$each"
+ [ -w "$each" ] && [ -d "$each" ] || die "storage $each must be a writable directory"
+done
+
+# create htaccess file
+[ -f .htaccess ] || cat >.htaccess <<EOF
+Options +ExecCGI
+AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
+DirectoryIndex index.cgi
+EOF
+[ -f .htaccess ] || die "no htaccess file present and unable to create one"
+
+# parse HTTP GET string
+declare -A _GET
+echo "$QUERY_STRING" |tr '&' '\n' |while read query; do
+ key="$(echo "$query" |sed -r 's:^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]*)=(.*)$:\1:')"
+ val="$(echo "$query" |sed -r 's:^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]*)=(.*)$:\2:')"
+ _GET["$key"]="$(echo -e "$(echo "$val" |sed 's:+: :g;s:%:\\x:g')")"
+done
+debug "$_GET"
+