Bryan Olson wrote: > Amer Neely wrote: >> I don't have shell access but I can run 'which python' from a Perl >> script, and I will try the different shebang line you suggested. > > And after trying it, Amer Neely reported: > >> I tried `which python` and `whereis python` and got 0 back as a >> result. So it seems Python is not installed at all. > > Probably right, but just to be thorough... Since you do not > have shell access, I'm guessing you are running these within > a Perl cgi script, and getting the results via a browser. Is > that right?
Yes. > > Can you backtick other commands? What do you get if you run > `which perl` the same way? How about `whoami`, `whereis sh`, > and `which nosuchthingas5748614`? Can you list /, /bin and > /usr/bin? I just looked at my code and tried something else: @SysCmd="which python"; system(@SysCmd); and it came back /usr/local/bin/python > > How did you learn that this system could run your Perl > scripts? Can that source give us anything to go on here? > If Python is not installed, do you have some avenue for > requesting it? > > We're down to long shots. Still, hosts that support Perl > but will not support Python are getting to be the rare. > > I've asked my host to put in a request for it. So it seems python IS installed, but not where I thought it was. I just tried my script with the new path, but still got a 500 server error. Can I trap errors to a file locally? -- Amer Neely w: www.webmechanic.softouch.on.ca/ Perl | MySQL programming for all data entry forms. "Others make web sites. We make web sites work!" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
