Premature End of Script Headers

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Re: Premature End of Script Headers by mikeirw (Pilgrim) on Jun 29, 2002 at 21:41 UTC
Check that you've uploaded the file as ASCII and not binary. Also, check that the path to Perl is correct, and that the script has the proper permissions set on it.	[reply]
Re: Premature End of Script Headers by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jun 29, 2002 at 21:48 UTC
Did you upload in ASCII? Are the permissions correct? Is the perl binary really at /usr/local/bin/perl? Update: Doh, I should refresh threads before replying. To add something of actual value, I'll mention The Idiot's Guide to Solving Perl CGI Problems. The tone is, well, not exactly the friendliest possible, and a scant few points need updating, but it's an extremely comprehensive compilation of all the little traps one may run into when trying to run a CGI script. Odds are (just like it says) that 99% of the time just checking all the questions there will fix the problem. Update 2: Doh! Beaten to the punch again. Sigh :) Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re: Re: Premature End of Script Headers by tachyon (Chancellor) on Jun 30, 2002 at 20:43 UTC
CGI Help Guide is a little more user friendly than The Idiot's Guide cheers tachyon s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print	[reply]
Re: Premature End of Script Headers by samtregar (Abbot) on Jun 29, 2002 at 22:39 UTC
What happens when you run the script from the command-line on the web server? Maybe perl isn't installed in /usr/local/bin/perl. -sam	[reply]
Re: Premature End of Script Headers by dorko (Prior) on Jun 29, 2002 at 22:28 UTC
It might not help you, but you might want to take a look at this. Cheers! Brent -- Yeah, I'm a Delt.	[reply]
Re: Premature End of Script Headers by George_Sherston (Vicar) on Jun 29, 2002 at 23:44 UTC
Another possibility, if your local machine is running Windows, is that your script contains MS line breaks, and your new host can't deal with them. The solution to this is to get a text editor (e.g. editplus) that makes these visible, then search and replace. § George Sherston	[reply]
Re: Re: Premature End of Script Headers by mikeirw (Pilgrim) on Jun 29, 2002 at 23:57 UTC
IIRC, most FTP clients automatically do line break conversion if uploading/downloading in ASCII mode.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Premature End of Script Headers by George_Sherston (Vicar) on Jun 30, 2002 at 01:42 UTC
Most, but by no means all, as I know to my cost - and if they don't do it, they also don't tell you they didn't. § George Sherston	[reply]


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