--- parser3/src/classes/file.C	2024/10/22 10:34:00	1.284
+++ 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 1.284 2024/10/22 10:34:00 moko Exp $";
+volatile const char * IDENT_FILE_C="$Id: file.C,v 1.286 2024/11/06 21:56:23 moko Exp $";
 
 // defines
 
@@ -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