Tarek,
Your ISP or web hosting provider should have a FAQ or tutorial describing
what CGI options you have available and how to configure them. That would
be the first place I would suggest looking for information specific to your
particular provider and environment.
However, in general, I would suggest opening a new text file and typing a
simple "hello world" script, such as the following:
----------------->8 Cut Here 8<-----------------
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "Hello World!\n";
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Save this file as 'test.cgi' and upload this to your 'cgi_bin' folder.
Then, open a browser to http://your.host.com/yoursite/cgi_bin/test.cgi. If
you see the "Hello World!" text, everything is functioning great. Happy
CGI'ing!
FYI, the information above makes several assumptions about your ISP/hosting
provider's environment:
* Path to Perl (#!/usr/bin/perl)
* URL to your CGI directory
* File permissions being set correctly
Again, consult your ISP/host provider's documentation for specifics on
these and more questions.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tarek abo zamel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 11:34 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: help please
>
>
> I would like some one to help me, i am so new in Perl....:(
> i would like to know step be step, how to make cgi working in my free web
> site
> i have cgi_bin folder in my free web site, but it is empty, what
> sould i put
> inside it to make my cgi work?
> with best regards
> could someone send me an attachent zip file includs all files i
> need to put
> them in my cgi_bin free web site folder
> thank you so much
>
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