Re: absolute beginner in perl

I tryed to contact the person who gave me the script but he is on vacation and will not be back for the next 14 days. I do have the acess to the server. As much as I understand I have to put the script onto the server in the directory cgi-bin for it to run. There is another script that runs this one every 6 hours.

I thaught I might put the script there, under another name and chage the output file location so it would not disrupt the original script job. However I do not know how to make it run, because it will be run only under the original name (since there is another script that makes it start).

So basically, how do I make it run? I use WinSCP to connect to the server.

Thanks again!

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Re^2: absolute beginner in perl by Corion (Patriarch) on Aug 03, 2015 at 12:58 UTC
You will need to find out the mechanism that makes the other script run, and then adapt that mechanism to make your script run as well. As you mention `cgi-bin`, maybe the script is just available at the same URL as the "original" script, except under the new name. Have you tried opening that URL? This is mostly a configuration issue that your organisation should be able to solve itself without external input. There is very little help that we can provide from the outside because most of your setup is highly specific to your organisation.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: absolute beginner in perl
by Corion (Patriarch) on Aug 03, 2015 at 12:58 UTC

You will need to find out the mechanism that makes the other script run, and then adapt that mechanism to make your script run as well.

As you mention cgi-bin, maybe the script is just available at the same URL as the "original" script, except under the new name. Have you tried opening that URL?

This is mostly a configuration issue that your organisation should be able to solve itself without external input. There is very little help that we can provide from the outside because most of your setup is highly specific to your organisation.

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