The CGI slave provides a way to execute CGI programs without the need to have a running web server. This can for example be used for local testing of CGI programs or for using search engines that only provide a CGI frontend like the one from Doxygen.
O escravo CGI fornece dun mecanismo para executar programas CGI sen precisar dun servidor web en execución. Isto pode empregarse para, por exemplo, probar localmente programas CGI ou para empregar motores de procura que só fornezan unha interface CGI como a de Doxygen.