[Because this is a CGI question, I have cross posted to MacPerl-WebCGI] >I've just installed macperl and gave the added the action PERL --> >path to MacPerl >and the suffix map .pl --> action PERL > >can i now get any old script written in perl, call it something.pl >and execute-it from the browser? No. See below. Normally, CGIs with WebSTAR have the .cgi filename extension. I am not currently useing WebSTAR, but what you have done may allow you to the the .pl filename extenstion as well IF YOU SAVE AS CGI SCRIPT (below). >do i need to do something else, like change the shebang line to >reflect where perl is? The shebang line is much less important for MacPerl than for Unix Perl. It is unnecessary and frequently ignored. For a MacPerl script to function as a CGI, you *must* save it as a CGI Script. This is an option when you select Save As... from the file menu of the MacPerl application. If you are trying to run a Perl CGI from somewhere else, you need to open in in MacPerl and to a Save As.. to CGI Script. Plain Text (the default) will not work. Droplet will not work. Standalone Application will not work. Only CGI script will work. -David Steffen- David Steffen, Ph.D. President, Biomedical Computing, Inc. <http://www.biomedcomp.com/> Phone: (713) 610-9770 FAX: (713) 610-9769 E-mail: steffen@biomedcomp.com ==== Want to unsubscribe from this list? ==== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-webcgi-request@macperl.org