try it this way...since you've specified to the browser that you're sending HTML then you've got to give it what it's waiting for. "html"
================ paste below this line ===================== #!/usr/bin/perl # hello.pl -- my first perl script! print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print <<EOF; <html> <head><title>A test script</title></head> <body> <center><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <font size="+6"><b>Hello, world!</b> </font> </center> </body> </html> EOF ; exit; ============= end of script ==================== daRcmaTTeR > Here it is: > > #!/usr/bin/perl > # hello.pl -- my first perl script! > print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; > print "Hello, world!\n"; > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Miark > Sent: March 28, 2002 8:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] CGI/Perl question > > > It looks like the script runs fine from the command line, > but isn't browser friendly. What does your test script > look like? > > Miark > > > > "Mithrilhall2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly: > > > Here's the error message: > > > > > > [Thu Mar 28 22:09:29 2002] [error] (2)No such file or directory: exec of > > /var/www/cgi-bin/test.cgi failed > > [Thu Mar 28 22:09:29 2002] [error] [client 192.168.1.1] Premature end of > > script headers: /var/www/cgi-bin/test.cgi > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of daRcmaTTeR > > Sent: March 28, 2002 8:23 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] CGI/Perl question > > > > > > What does your log report in the error file as the cause of the problem? > > > > daRcmaTTeR > > > > > I changed Apache to run on listen on port 8000 and was wondering if > > this > > > would have any connection to my problem of not being able to run cgi > > or > > > perl scripts from my browser? Such as: > > > http://mithrilhall.redirectme.net/cgi-bin/test.cgi > > > > > > If I run the cgi or perl scripts from shell they work fine but I can't > > get > > > them to work when calling them from my browser. > > > > > > ************************************* > > > * Mithrilhall Linux * > > > * Server * > > > * AMD-K2 350MHz * > > > * http://mithrilhall.redirectme.net * > > > ************************************* > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > -------- > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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