So I have tried the method below ie <form action="/cgi-bin/myscript.cgi">
and the server was unable to find the file? I have tried commenting out the other alias which was pointing somewhere else for the cgi-bin I have removed the file associations with each pl/cgi file this then brings up the open with dialog box So my guess is somehow Apache isn't opening the cgi files. Apache is running I proved it with the localhost page And another thing running the script by the command line just produces the script, by that I mean, where I would have thought it would have run the html bit it doesn't. It prints all the tags as well. Or am I misunderstanding what should happen? Any other suggestions please Kelvin > -----Original Message----- > From: Scot Robnett [mailto:scot@;insiteful.tv] > Sent: 11 November 2002 14:44 > To: David T-G; perl beginners cgi > Cc: Kelvin McWha > Subject: RE: Unable to run cgi script > > I don't think that's it; with the ScriptAlias set it should call the > script > through a relative or full path as easily as it does via that full HTTP > call. I'm curious what the document root is...if it is /home/kelvin, then > technically you *should* just be able to write it as <form > action="/cgi-bin/myscript.cgi">. Or, if you want to try the HTTP call, > <form > action="http://localhost/cgi-bin/myscript.cgi";>. > > It sounds to me like .cgi or .pl may already have file associations with > an > external application (since the scripts are opening in your editor), and > for > some reason those are overriding your AddHandler directive in Apache. Did > you try troubleshooting it by using an either/or approach? By this I mean > simply adding a handler for either .cgi or .pl but not both, and trying it > that way. > > What are the results you get when you run the script via the command line > or > run a perl -c on it? > > Another quick question: I noticed that you called the configuration file > httpd.config. Since its actual name is httpd.conf, I wonder if it's as > simple as renaming your configuration file? If you already have it named > httpd.conf, then never mind this question. :) > > ----- > Scot Robnett > inSite Internet Solutions > Square West Center > 454 West Jackson Street > Woodstock, IL 60098 > (815)206-2907 office > (815)342-6480 mobile > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.insiteful.tv > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David T-G [mailto:davidtg-perl-beginners@;justpickone.org] > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 7:58 AM > To: perl beginners cgi > Cc: Kelvin McWha > Subject: Re: Unable to run cgi script > > > Kelvin -- > > ....and then Kelvin McWha said... > % > .... > % <form method="post" action="/home/kelvin/cgi-bin/myscript.cgi"> > > I *think* you have to qualify this, as > > action="http://localhost/home/kelvin/cgi-bin/myscript.cgi";> > > Certainly worth a try... > > > HTH & HAND > > :-D > -- > David T-G * There is too much animal courage in > (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. > (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and > Health" > http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl > Npg! > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
