.CGI File

File extension cgi is related to the The Common Gateway Interface. CGI is a standard for interfacing external applications with information servers, such as HTTP or Web servers.

A plain HTML document with Perl or C source code that the Web daemon retrieves is static, which means it exists in a constant state: a text file that doesn't change. A CGI program, on the other hand, is executed in real-time, so that it can output dynamic information.

MIME types:
magnus-internal/cgi

Files with cgi extension can be mostly encountered as Common Gateway Interface script files. Webpages related file format.

How to open:

Use any text editor or source code editor to view content of *.cgi script file.

How to convert:

As far as we know, conversion of this *.cgi file type to other formats is not possible.