Re: [MacPerl-WebCGI] Okey..what next?

["Alvy" <alvy@wncmarket.com>]

> > When i access the site and run the search engine, i get the following:
> >    Diagnostic Output
> >    #vars.cgi did not return a true value.
> >    File 'MacintoshHD:WebRoot:cgi-bin:Mtsearch.cgi'; line 15


Well, i also noticed that i get a message in the background that says:
This progam relays MacHTTP search AppleEvents to MacPerl.
It will terminate in 5 minutes of inactivity.
(button)Quit now


> 
> I looked at your files and didn't notice anything quickly.
> 
> What your error message is telling you is that the perl libraries you 
> are requiring don't return true.  That surprises me, as the last line 
> in vars.pl
> is:
> 
> $ignore_chars .= "' ";
> 
> ...which I would have thought would return TRUE.
> 
> However, it is traditional in perl libraries and modules to end them 
> with the line:
> 
> 1;
> 
> ...simply to make sure they return true.

I just tried that and nothing new...


> 
> The other thing I note is that you say these work under Unix but not 
> under Mac OS.  I'm wondering if you have the right kind of newlines? 
> Mac uses the carriage return (ASCII 13) whereas Unix uses a line feed 
> (ASCII 10).  If you transfer your scripts as text, this should be 
> converted automatically.
> 
> I'm a little hazy on when incorrect line ends cause trouble and when 
> they don't, but the safest thing is to always convert line ends.
> 
> BBEdit lite (which is free) will read and write different line ends 
> so it can be used to:
> 1) determine what you have,
> 2) make it into what you want.
> 
I used the MacPerl to save as cgi ...does that convert the newlines..???

Thanks again...
Alvy


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