perl cgi-bin folder missing

ansh batra has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: perl cgi-bin folder missing by domje (Novice) on Jun 17, 2013 at 09:32 UTC
Howdy! First of all, have a read at on the Apache documentation here: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/cgi.html The default installation should have a cgi-bin located _somewhere_ that makes sense. Double check that. If all else fails you can force it (if Apache is loading the mod_cgi.so module, which I'd reckon it is) with an htaccess directive, though that is not very wise. Under your document root make a cgi-bin folder, then create a file called .htaccess and drop this in: `Options +ExecCGI SetHandler cgi-script` [download] This tells Apache that anything in this directory is a cgi-script. Alternatively you can specify only certain files to run as cgi (which is usually better) as such: `SetHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl` [download] and so on...HTH. --dom	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: perl cgi-bin folder missing by Anonymous Monk on Jun 17, 2013 at 09:28 UTC
like create like the folder and like the file, and like (OT) Configure Apache for CGI or like something and the like	[reply]
Re: perl cgi-bin folder missing by space_monk (Chaplain) on Jun 17, 2013 at 14:02 UTC
I'm very surprised that you are missing an httpd.conf and a cgi-bin directory as these should be created by a standard Apache install on Windows. Did you build Apache yourself, or did you get hold of a binary such as WampServer? What version of Apache is it? If you spot any bugs in my solutions, it's because I've deliberately left them in as an exercise for the reader! :-)	[reply]
Re: perl cgi-bin folder missing by lee_crites (Scribe) on Jun 17, 2013 at 17:05 UTC
missing??? Ansh; My first thoughts are two possibilities for the "problem." Apache was not completely/properly installed. Perhaps there was an error in the installation process. Apache was installed properly, but the location of the conf file(s) and such are different than the documentation you are looking at. Which OS/distro are you working with? That makes a lot of difference. I have clients on a variety of distros, and can tell you from first hand experience, they are not always set up the same. Lee Crites lee@xpeerant.com	[reply]

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