Well my head is really a bloody mess now but after seeing that other IOException: CreateProcess errors for other applications often referred to both path and pathext environmental variables I decided to add .pl and .cgi to pathext. Path was already corrected and I tinkered with it endlessly. That still didn't work. Until I rebooted system. I assume that once I did so Tomcat figured out the .pl/.cgi extensions and processed the cgi file properly.
Sending this just in case anyone else runs into the problem. I've found a number of references to the problem on google but no answers. -----Original Message----- From: Januski, Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:21 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Can Tomcat really run cgi scripts? Beat my head against wall for another couple hours and still end up with this error. Anyone have any other ideas? java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: perl C:\Tomcat4112\webapps\examples\WEB-INF\cgi\exp.pl lname=januski fname=ken error=2 at java.lang.Win32Process.create(Native Method) at java.lang.Win32Process.(Win32Process.java:63) at java.lang.Runtime.execInternal(Native Method) at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:550) at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:416) at org.apache.catalina.servlets.CGIServlet$CGIRunner.run(CGIServlet.java:1583) at org.apache.catalina.servlets.CGIServlet.doGet(CGIServlet.java:635) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application FilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh ain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.ja va:260) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.ja va:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase .java:471) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2396) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve. java:170) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java :174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invok eNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:405) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConne ction(Http11Protocol.java:380) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:508) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.jav a:533) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) -----Original Message----- From: Januski, Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 1:01 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Can Tomcat really run cgi scripts? Thanks Chris, I've tried "!#c:\perl\bin\perl.exe", "#!c:\perl\bin", "#!perl", and "#!/usr/bin/perl" and get same error on each. I've also added perl to the path environmental PATH variable. I do think that you're right about missing PATH information so I'll keep experimenting. I just can't figure out what additional paths to try. Ken -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:53 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Can Tomcat really run cgi scripts? Ken, > But now I'm stuck with this error: > java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: perl > C:\Tomcat4112\webapps\examples\WEB-INF\cgi\exp.cgi This is likely to be due to the lack of PATH information available to the script itself. Try using #!/usr/bin/perl in your script instead of #!perl I've heard some complains about sub-process permissions, but my initial reaction is that they are errant complaints. -chris --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]