Re: [MacPerl] Testing a local CGI script

[Patrick Beart <patrick@WebArchitecture.com>]

On 11/11/98, Jeff at MacTech took the time to write:
>In article <mac-perl.v03130308b26ff45dc205@[206.251.80.73]>, Patrick Beart
><patrick@WebArchitecture.com> wrote:
>
>>        I want to (eventually build and...) test a (Mac-)PERL CGI script on
>>my local hard drive.
>>
>>1)      What is the mechanism or process to get the Web page to call the
>>script?  If the Web page contains the usual "<FORM
>>Action="http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/script.pl" Method="POST">" tag and
>>attributes, does this need to be changed for testing purposes to reference
>>the local path on my hard drive (I would think so.)?
>
>You need to use a web server--just pointing your browser to the script
>won't work. (The web server knows how to call a cgi program, but the
>browser doesn't. It just knows how to talk to a server.) I've used
>NetPresentz for this, and it works fine (and I believe it is on the
>MacPerl-book CD, and definitely elsewhere on the net). I just followed the
>directions in the "Quick Start" readme with NetPresentz, and all went
>smoothly.
>
>>2)      What does the first line of PERL ("/usr/bin/perl" on for UNIX-based
>>systems) need to be changed to? I thought that I read somewhere in the docs
>>that it could be just "/perl" and MacPERL would pick it up.
>
>It doesn't much matter. You can leave it out with no ill effect, or use
>#!perl if you like. It's really only Unix that _needs_ this (to tell it
>what app to use to run the script). The Mac (and Win) use different
>mechanisms for this, so the "shebang" line isn't crucial.
>--

	Thanks!  This suggestion (using NetPresentz) was at least
reasonable, as compared to another suggestion regarding using WebStar. As
I've stated previously, I love my Mac but Macs as servers leave me a bit
cold. Also the cost of something like WebStar - just to TEST a CGI script -
seemed more than a bit unrealistic.
	You are correct, BTW, about NetPresentz being on the MacPERL book
CD. I checked. (Thanks, Chris and Vicki!!)

	Still seems like a "apples-and-oranges" issue - uploading the
script in progress to my normal UNIX server and testing it that way, or
setting up NetPresentz on my local machine. Have to decide.



Patrick Beart

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