Re^2: Running Perl CGI scripts with Cygwin (no cygwin)

The problem is I tried using Apache to do this to make a local web server (localhost). The server works fine with PHP but when I try and put the cgi perl files into the cgi-bin, I can't figure out how to run them because the /localhost directory that pops up when I enter localhost doesnt include files from the cgi-bin that are available to run.

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Re^3: Running Perl CGI scripts with Cygwin (no cygwin) by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Oct 08, 2013 at 03:13 UTC
because the /localhost directory that pops up when I enter localhost doesnt include files from the cgi-bin that are available to run It doesn't work that way. The contents of cgi-bin directory is not supposed to be displayed. You have to know what to ask the web server for, when you want to run a cgi programme. Cheers, Sören Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere. (hooked on the Perl Programming language)	[reply]
Re^3: Running Perl CGI scripts with Cygwin (read) by Anonymous Monk on Oct 08, 2013 at 02:37 UTC
The problem ... And then what happened? Read the links, find your answer, or something else, bye	[reply]
Re^3: Running Perl CGI scripts with Cygwin (no cygwin) by Anonymous Monk on Oct 09, 2013 at 08:09 UTC
From the links, https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/public_html.html#cgi and Apache Tutorial: Dynamic Content with CGI explain how to access programs you put inside of your cgi-bin, its one of these, all depending on your configuration http://localhost/cgi-bin/foo.cgi http://localhost/cgi-bin/bar.pl http://localhost/~someusername/cgi-bin/baz.psgi	[reply]