can't display HTML file in browser

[varocho]

My PERL script creates several HTML files (in the same directory), but when I try to display any of them in a browser, I get an 'HTTP 500 Internal server error' message. Any ideas as to why this is happening?

 

[calabama]

Hello varocho,

I tried to search in tek-tips for "HTTP 500 Internal server error" and got so menay matches I thought I would suggest trying a search.

I hope this helps In the begining
Let us first assume that there was nothing to begin with.

 

[DonDavisFCB]

Varocho,
Try running your script from the command line and check for errors. Also check the (Apache) /var/apache/log/error_log.

ALso, try running perl with the -w flag to print warnings.
Don

 

[UnDoug]

Make sure that the HTML files that are created contain the "Content-type: text/html" line somewhere before the actual html. That's been my problem on a number of occasions.

 

[varocho]

Thanks to everyone for responding. It turns out that the directory the HTML files were created in was set up to be execute-only.