Here's a script that displays ENV variables imported by CGI.pm. The result page is below. For more info, view the CGI.pm section titled "FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" with Shuck, the POD viewer. Also check your WebStar / MacHTTP tech ref manual, section "MacHTTP AppleScript & AppleEvent Variables". #!perl -w use CGI; $q = new CGI; $| = 1; print <<END; Content-type: text/html <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Mac Environment Test</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <H1><CENTER>Mac Environment Test</CENTER></H1> <P>CGI.pm defines the following methods for query objects. Notice that some of them are null. This means, I think, that the browser didn't supply the appropriate value.<BR><BR> END print "accept => ", $q->accept(), "<BR>\n"; print "user_agent => ", $q->user_agent(), "<BR>\n"; print "path_info => ", $q->path_info(), "<BR>\n"; print "path_translated => ", $q->path_translated(), "<BR>\n"; print "remote_host => ", $q->remote_host(), "<BR>\n"; print "script_name => ", $q->script_name(), "<BR>\n"; print "referer => ", $q->referer(), "<BR>\n"; print "auth_type => ", $q->auth_type(), "<BR>\n"; print "server_name => ", $q->server_name(), "<BR>\n"; print "server_software => ", $q->server_software(), "<BR>\n"; print "server_protocol => ", $q->server_protocol(), "<BR>\n"; print "remote_addr => ", $q->remote_addr(), "<BR>\n"; print "remote_user => ", $q->remote_user(), "<BR>\n"; print "user_name => ", $q->user_name(), "<BR>\n"; print "request_method => ", $q->request_method(), "<BR>\n"; print "raw_cookie => ", $q->raw_cookie(), "<BR>\n"; print <<END; <P>The following is the result of Chris Nandor's \@ENV method. Same reason for null values. <BR><BR> END @ENV = qw( HTTP_USER_AGENT REMOTE_ADDR SERVER_SOFTWARE SERVER_PROTOCOL GATEWAY_INTERFACE REQUEST_METHOD SCRIPT_NAME SERVER_NAME SERVER_PORT ); foreach $key (sort @ENV) { print $key, " = ", $ENV{$key}, "<BR>\n"; } print "</BODY></HTML>\n"; exit (0); __END__ =================================== Here's the result. . . =================================== Mac Environment Test CGI.pm defines the following methods for query objects. Notice that some of them are null. This means, I think, that the browser didn't supply the appropriate value. accept => user_agent => Mozilla/3.01 (Macintosh; I; 68K) path_info => path_translated => remote_host => col-as1s49.erols.com. script_name => /cgi-bin/envTest.cgi referer => http://207.172.68.49/ auth_type => server_name => col-as1s49.erols.com. server_software => MacHTTP/2.0 server_protocol => HTTP/1.0 remote_addr => col-as1s49.erols.com. remote_user => user_name => request_method => GET raw_cookie => The following is the result of Chris Nandor's @ENV method. Same reason for null values. GATEWAY_INTERFACE = CGI/1.1 HTTP_USER_AGENT = Mozilla/3.01 (Macintosh; I; 68K) REMOTE_ADDR = col-as1s49.erols.com. REQUEST_METHOD = GET SCRIPT_NAME = /cgi-bin/envTest.cgi SERVER_NAME = col-as1s49.erols.com. SERVER_PORT = 80 SERVER_PROTOCOL = HTTP/1.0 SERVER_SOFTWARE = MacHTTP/2.0 -- ---------------------------------------- --- Tom Kennedy -- tomKenn@erols.com --- ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch