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FW: [MacPerl-WebCGI] Can't even get Hello World to work


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> From: Charles Eaton <eatons@ART-WPAg.com>
> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 04:25:54 -0600
> To: tedd <tedd@sperling.com>
> Subject: Re: [MacPerl-WebCGI] Can't even get Hello World to work
> 
> 2 mistakes: 
> (1) Change file handle to "http://www.sperling.com/hello.shtml".
> (2) Your path call should start with "/" as in
> "<!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/hello.cgi"-->".
> Hint: "Always go to the source" -anonymous
> In this case the source is:
> <http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/ssi.html>
> -chuck
> 
> 
> ===============================================
> 
> on 11/14/00 4:43 PM, tedd at tedd@sperling.com wrote:
> 
>> Hi:
>> 
>> Okay, I'm stuck trying to get the simplest cgi to run, maybe someone can
>> help.
>> 
>> The demo of the problem is located at:
>> 
>> http://www.sperling.com/hello.html
>> 
>> The html code (at the above location) is as follows:
>> 
>> <html>
>> <head>
>> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1">
>> <title>Test to see if hello cgi works</title>
>> </head>
>> <body bgcolor="white">
>> <center>
>> ***
>> <h3>Hello.cgi  Example</h3>
>> <!--#exec cgi="hello.cgi"-->
>> ***
>> <h3>Hello.cgi in cgi-bin Example</h3>
>> <!--#exec cgi="cgi-bin/hello.cgi"-->
>> ***
>> </center>
>> </body>
>> </html>
>> 
>> The cgi code (at the above location) is as follows:
>> 
>> #!/usr/bin/perl
>> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
>> print "Hello";
>> 
>> The permissions are set correctly (actually at 777) and perl is where
>> it's supposed to be, however, when I call the "hello.html" ( i.e.,
>> http://www.sperling.com/hello.html) via my browser, the cgi scripts
>> referenced (i.e., hello.cgi and cgi-bin/hello.cgi) by the html
>> document don'tt run -- why?  There is something that I'm not getting
>> here and this real simple example illustrates it.
>> 
>> I have read everything I can lay my hands on, but the solution evades me.
>> 
>> Many thanks for any help or suggestions anyone may make.
>> 
>> tedd
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
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