-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, junkmail wrote: > > Hey, so I'm having a weird problem maybe someone can help me with. > I have a simple perl script named test.cgi that generates html (ie a cgi > script) which looks like > > #!/usr/bin/perl > # hello.pl -- my first perl script! > print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; > print <<"EOF"; > <HTML> > <HEAD> > <TITLE>Hello, world!</TITLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY> > <H1>Hello, world!</H1> > </BODY> > </HTML> > EOF > > If I type "perl test.cgi" (minus the quotes) the perl script runs. If I > type "./test.cgi" I got the error "bash: ./test.cgi: No such file or > directory" > If I remove the #!/usr/bin/perl line from the beginning of the perl script > and "./test.cgi" again it runs but gives a lot of file not found errors. Have you tried invoking the script with an explicit path like /home/person/test.cgi? What happens? Type "which perl". It should return /usr/bin/perl. If it doesn't, you need to point your perl script to the correct path for perl. - -- Jim Holthaus (pronunciation: HOLT house) [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key at http://www.holthaus.com/jim/pgpkey.html Learn about PGP at http://www.holthaus.com/jim/pgp.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.1 iQA/AwUBOfX1BX3IcJJ+eC/CEQKbBgCg3AMmNvtWpvNka2Q/bUOgpfZ849AAn0W4 AU01mGeprSThLOpUFYUQtuD0 =B3eS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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