On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Alan Mead wrote:
>Is the file format dos or unix? An easy way using vi (you may be deluged
>with alternatives) is to edit the file (e.g., 'vi scriptname.pl'), then type
>':set fileformat=unix', then enter, then write the file (':wq' or 'ZZ' will
>write and quit). I have found that newline differences can confuse perl (or
>maybe bash) and 'dos' style newlines are common.
I haven't used it in a while (I usually use Emacs to do the above, instead)
but dos2unix should do the trick.
D.
>-Alan
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: David Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 10:44 PM
>Subject: Downloaded Perl Scripts
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>> I sometimes have a problem running downloaded perl scripts. If I type
>> something like "perl scriptname.pl" for one of these problem scripts, it
>> runs fine. When I try "./scriptname.pl" I get the following:
>>
>> bash: ./scriptname.pl: No such file or directory
>>
>> the first line does contain "#!/usr/bin/perl" just like my scripts that
>> run fine. I've run into this before, but never found a solution.
>> Retyping the script (if it is a short one) usually results in the script
>> working. This really isn't an option on longer scripts. I also do a
>> chmod 755 on all the downloaded perl scripts (to cover some of the
>> obvious questions). I have tried this as root and as an ordinary user.
>>
>> When trying to run these problem scripts from apache (with owner and
>> group set to apache) I get the following in /var/log/httpd/error_log:
>>
>> [Tue Feb 26 20:22:17 2002] [error] (2)No such file or directory: exec of
>> /var/www/cgi-bin/scriptname.pl failed
>> [Tue Feb 26 20:22:17 2002] [error] [client 24.234.44.166] Premature end
>> of script headers: /var/www/cgi-bin/scriptname.pl
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> David Archer
>>
>>
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