>Number: 4875 >Category: documentation >Synopsis: Premature end of script headers >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: support >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 18 09:30:00 PDT 1999 >Last-Modified: >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: 1.3.6 (Win32) >Environment: Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5 >Description: I was trying to run a simple hello world cgi script that I copied out of the O'Reily Learning Perl book (pg. 184) and when I ran it I was getting an Internal Server error and the following line in my error.log: --- [Wed Aug 18 09:07:32 1999] [error] [client xxx.xx.xx.xxx] Premature end of script headers: d:/webpage/cgi-bin/hello.cgi --- >How-To-Repeat: see fix >Fix: I made a subtle error in copying the example from the book. The book has this line: print <<END_of_Multiline_Text; but I had put a space (out of habit) after the << so it looked like this: print << END_of_Multiline_Text;
When I removed the space it worked perfectly! I'll bet this has happened to other people besides me, so it might be worth putting on the FAQ under this subject heading. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, you need] [to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line and make sure the] [subject line starts with the report component and number, with ] [or without any 'Re:' prefixes (such as "general/1098:" or ] ["Re: general/1098:"). If the subject doesn't match this ] [pattern, your message will be misfiled and ignored. The ] ["apbugs" address is not added to the Cc line of messages from ] [the database automatically because of the potential for mail ] [loops. If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] [nored unless you are responding to an explicit request from a ] [developer. Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ]
