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perl script problem
- Thread starter ady2012
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Hi
[ul]
[li]Which web application ?[/li]
[li]Which script ?[/li]
[li]Which web server ?[/li]
[li]Does other Perl scripts run correctly ?[/li]
[li]Are you sure you are requesting the script through HTTP protocol ?[/li]
[/ul]
Feherke.
[ul]
[li]Which web application ?[/li]
[li]Which script ?[/li]
[li]Which web server ?[/li]
[li]Does other Perl scripts run correctly ?[/li]
[li]Are you sure you are requesting the script through HTTP protocol ?[/li]
[/ul]
Feherke.
stanhubble
MIS
if firefox is asking to save the page as a file, it has not recognized the "mime" type. it is either a type that firefox does not know how to handle or the http header is misformed or missing.
you can use wget with the --save-headers option to see what is actually being returned.
you can use wget with the --save-headers option to see what is actually being returned.
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It may be that you don't have the cgi part of the perl package. Another thing I was tinking is that your app may not be in a Script or ScriptAlias defined directory. Apache will parse any thing in these directories as script otherwise they are parsed as html. What do your error logs say?
If firefox is asking you if you want to save the file, that likely means your web server is spitting out the text of the Perl code instead of executing the Perl code.
Do other CGI applications work on this server/machine?
My suspicion is that you don't have Apache configured correctly to run the CGI application. See the Apache docs on how to do that.
And, as mentioned above, you'll need to make sure you put the Perl code in a directory that is listed in your Apache config as a Script or ScriptAlias location.
And, make sure you have the appropriate permissions set on the Perl code. If the execute bit is not set, it won't execute.
In short, see the Apache docs on enabling/installing CGI applications.
'hope this helps
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Do other CGI applications work on this server/machine?
My suspicion is that you don't have Apache configured correctly to run the CGI application. See the Apache docs on how to do that.
And, as mentioned above, you'll need to make sure you put the Perl code in a directory that is listed in your Apache config as a Script or ScriptAlias location.
And, make sure you have the appropriate permissions set on the Perl code. If the execute bit is not set, it won't execute.
In short, see the Apache docs on enabling/installing CGI applications.
'hope this helps
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