--- parser3/src/classes/file.C	2024/10/22 02:44:40	1.283
+++ parser3/src/classes/file.C	2024/11/06 21:56:23	1.286
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /** @file
 	Parser: @b file parser class.
 
-	Copyright (c) 2001-2023 Art. Lebedev Studio (http://www.artlebedev.com)
+	Copyright (c) 2001-2024 Art. Lebedev Studio (http://www.artlebedev.com)
 	Authors: Konstantin Morshnev <moko@design.ru>, Alexandr Petrosian <paf@design.ru>
 */
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "pa_vregex.h"
 #include "pa_version.h"
 
-volatile const char * IDENT_FILE_C="$Id: file.C,v 1.283 2024/10/22 02:44:40 moko Exp $";
+volatile const char * IDENT_FILE_C="$Id: file.C,v 1.286 2024/11/06 21:56:23 moko Exp $";
 
 // defines
 
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static void _exec_cgi(Request& r, Method
 					if(i.value()){
 						const String *string=i.value()->get_string();
 						if(!string)
-							i.value()->bark("array element is '%s', it does not string value");
+							i.value()->bark("array element is '%s', it does not have string value");
 						append_to_argv(r, argv, string);
 					}
 				}
@@ -563,6 +563,15 @@ static void _exec_cgi(Request& r, Method
 				throw Exception(PARSER_RUNTIME, 0, "param must be string or table or array of strings");
 			}
 		}
+
+		// remove trailing empty arguments for backward compatibility
+		for(ArrayString::ReverseIterator i(argv); i;){
+			if(i.prev()->is_empty()){ // here for correct i.index()
+				argv.remove(i.index());
+			} else {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// transcode if necessary