Possibly this comes back to the fact that I have only changed the shindig in the main.pl file.

Only the CGI script that is being run by the web server needs the correct shebang line, any files included via e.g. use or require don't need it.

The exact error is: AH01215: Compilation failed in require at C:/mychoo/cgi-bin/main.pl line 21.\r: C:/mychoo/cgi-bin/main.pl

Is that really all to the message? Check the server's error log, it should also be telling you why compilation failed. What's on line 21 of main.pl? Is it maybe require "somefile.pl";? If so, have you tried running perl -c somefile.pl on the command line?

You might benefit from adding use CGI::Carp qw/fatalsToBrowser/; near the top of main.pl, after the shebang but before any code. See also CGI Help Guide and Troubleshooting Perl CGI scripts.

In reply to Re: Compilation failed in require at C:/mychoo/cg by haukex
in thread Compilation failed in require at C:/mychoo/cg by traincity

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