admin variables in CGI version

Hi all, ok, when using the CGI binary for PHP execution, is there a way to send it environment variables to set the admin values like you can in mod_php ??? For instance, when using the apache module, you might do something like this : php_admin_value session.save_path /some/path I know that you can have it loaded in a local php.ini file within the directory of the executed script, but I don't want to have to put a php.ini file if I am setting values on the fly... I tried setting the environment variable, and it shows up in php_info as an env variable, but how can I get it to actually be set ??? Anyone ??? Thanks, Tim.