Apache beginner - I need help (CGI)

[Betsy01]

I am trying to run a simple Perl program on Apache for Windows 2k. I saved the program under the cgi-bin directory.

But when I execute it, it gives me an error as follows:
Internal Server Error----
couldn't spawn child process: c:/program files/apache group/apache/cgi-bin/first.pl

Can anyone tell me why this is happening?

Thank you!!
XO
Betsy

 

[LittleWing]

several things could being going wrong here.

check that the path at the top of your script points to your perl interpreter
that your script alais in your httpd.conf file is setup correctly
.pl is recognised as a perl extension by apache