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# File webrick/httprequest.rb, line 183
def meta_vars
  # This method provides the metavariables defined by the revision 3
  # of ``The WWW Common Gateway Interface Version 1.1''.
  # (http://Web.Golux.Com/coar/cgi/)

  meta = Hash.new

  cl = self["Content-Length"]
  ct = self["Content-Type"]
  meta["CONTENT_LENGTH"]    = cl if cl.to_i > 0
  meta["CONTENT_TYPE"]      = ct.dup if ct
  meta["GATEWAY_INTERFACE"] = "CGI/1.1"
  meta["PATH_INFO"]         = @path_info ? @path_info.dup : ""
 #meta["PATH_TRANSLATED"]   = nil      # no plan to be provided
  meta["QUERY_STRING"]      = @query_string ? @query_string.dup : ""
  meta["REMOTE_ADDR"]       = @peeraddr[3]
  meta["REMOTE_HOST"]       = @peeraddr[2]
 #meta["REMOTE_IDENT"]      = nil      # no plan to be provided
  meta["REMOTE_USER"]       = @user
  meta["REQUEST_METHOD"]    = @request_method.dup
  meta["REQUEST_URI"]       = @request_uri.to_s
  meta["SCRIPT_NAME"]       = @script_name.dup
  meta["SERVER_NAME"]       = @host
  meta["SERVER_PORT"]       = @port.to_s
  meta["SERVER_PROTOCOL"]   = "HTTP/" + @config[:HTTPVersion].to_s
  meta["SERVER_SOFTWARE"]   = @config[:ServerSoftware].dup

  self.each{|key, val|
    next if /^content-type$/i =~ key
    next if /^content-length$/i =~ key
    name = "HTTP_" + key
    name.gsub!(/-/o, "_")
    name.upcase!
    meta[name] = val
  }

  meta
end