Hi could anyone help me with using Cygwin and running Perl scripts, especially CGI one's because I only got Cygwin so that I could run them. I've looked through some o the posts on here about Cygwin use and I've looked at their manual aswell, yet neither have helped me with my problem. I'm running Windows 8 on my laptop and when using Notepad++ and the Perl Command line, I can run perl scripts, but not CGI scripts with perl in them. What I've been able to understand so far is that directories as different in Cygwin because it uses Unix syntax. I've also seen some people suggesting to change the shebang on the file I am trying to run to something else in order to point the interpreter the one installed by Cygwin. I am using STRAWBERRY PERL aswell. Maybe this is a problem, I don't know because everyone else I see is using ActiveState with Cygwin. Please help because I am very frustrated and just want to continue on with programming. Would uninstalling Strawberry Perl and just having Cygwin Perl help/fix the problem?

In reply to Running Perl CGI scripts with Cygwin by JohnTabor

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