Re: Serving up static content with perl?

i doubt that SSI inside of CGI will work. but CGI inside of SSI will. let the server handle the html and insert your CGI for you.

<!-- /my-cgi.html the server SSI will run my CGI -->
<!--#include virtual="/standard/header.html" -->
<hr><h1>Check out my cgi!</h1>
<!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/my-cgi.pl" --><hr>
<!--#include virtual="/standard/footer.html" -->
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then your CGI can just be something simple.

#!/usr/bin/perl -T
# /cgi-bin/my-cgi.pl
#
$factoid = "No matter where you go, there you are...";
print <<_HTML_;
<p>Factoid of the day: <em>$factoid</em></p>
_HTML_
exit;
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Re^2: Serving up static content with perl? by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Sep 23, 2002 at 07:16 UTC
Be careful. This is not an `exec cmd`. If you `exec cgi` or (preferrably) `include virtual`, you have to emit appropriate HTTP headers. `print <<_HTML_; Content-type: text/html <p>Factoid of the day: <em>$factoid</em></p> _HTML_` [download] Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply] [d/l]