HELP: CGI problem in Apache 1.3.12 (Win 95)

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I have successfully installed Apache 1.3.12 on Win 95
but am having problems executing CGI script.

Yes, I did read the Apache manual and FAQ but have not
been able to resolve the problem. Everytime my HTML file
calls the CGI script, I get a dialog box saying "You have
choosen to download the file from this location" and then goes on to ask meif i want to open it or save it. When I say open it, I get error saying that the file is not valid
WIN32 application.

I think server is not able to associate .cgi files as CGI
script. But I have done everything in the httpd.conf file
to make the association. But have not been successful.

Here are the details:

- Apache is installed at E:\Apache Group\Apache
When I go to http:\\localhost or http:\\127.0.0.1
I see the APache page that say "if you can see this,
it means that the installation of the Apache web server
software on this system was successful"

Also I can start the apache server using "apache -k start" from DOS.

- In httpd.conf file I have the following:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "E:/Apache Group/Apache/cgi-bin/"
AddHandler cgi-script cgi
<Directory &quot;E:/Apache Group/Apache/cgi-bin&quot;>
AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
</Directory>

DO I NEED TO CHANGE or ADD ANYTHING ELSE?

- I have perl installed in D:\Perl

- My HTML file that calls the CGI script is located in
E:/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs
I have enabled ExecCGI option in this directory too.

- My cgi script is located in E:/Apache Group/Apache/cgi-bin
here is how it looks

#!D:\Perl\bin\perl.exe
print <EOF:
Content-Type: text/html


<h1>My CGI Program in Perl!</h1>
EOF

- I am using IE5 browser

SO WHAT AM I DOING WRONG.
I have been strugling to make this work for last 3 days.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
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[Guest_imported]

Can you keep it all in the one dirrectory? perl is a bit funny.... I did the same as you, but put it all on c://program files/apache group/apache/cgi-bin
and perl is #!c:\\perl\bin\perl.exe , it worked fine........ I used Sams teach yourself CGI in 24hrs to show me how.

I think the problem may lie with the different drives
also see a few perl examples for how you call the script
try putting

http://localhost/cgi-bin/example.cgi

Where example is the name of your cgi

if this fails

run it from the command line in perl

if this fails

re-install apache into the same drive

 

[Whatszzup]

I moved the Apache to D drive (same drive as my Perl)
and it did the trick.

Thanks a million for your advice.
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