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image does not display with perl cgi

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Gazmend

Gazmend

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Apr 2, 2007
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Please Help me with my first script in Perl CGI: I have this cgi-perl code:
#!C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe
# hello.pl -- my first perl script!
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print <<"EOF";
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Hello, world1!</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<p>
<img src="a.gif">
</BODY>
</HTML>
EOF

and it works, but the image does not come up. I tried to change the image' s location, but it didn't work again.
 
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you need the correct URL of the image, either the full URL:

<img src="
or a relative URL:

<img src="../folder/frog.jpg">

Don't put the image in the cgi-bin folder, that folder is normally setup to block access to all files except scripts.



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- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional! [wiggle]
 
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I tried that, but it didn't work
 
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it did not work" is too vague of a response.

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- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional! [wiggle]
 
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What directory is your script in? What directory is your image in?
 
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the script is in the /cgi-bin directory; for the image - I tried to put it in the /icons directory, then in a special folder in the Apache directory, in C:, in Desktop, in the/cgi-bin direcory .... but the image doesn't display
 
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OK well the first thing is to make sure you can view your image in the boring through-the-browser way, without worrying about your Perl code at all. Put it in the "icons" directory and see if you can view it by typing " into the address bar of your browser (replacing "localhost" with whatever's relevant if necessary). If that works, then that's the URL you need to put in your Perl script.
 
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I tried, and I got "The requested URL /icons/a.gif was not found on this server". And the image "a.gif" is int the C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\icons folder
 
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I'm not sure about apache2.2, earlier versions of apache have an htdocs folder, which is where your web accessible files should be.

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