Really, it shouldn't be that hard in Apache, on whatever platform you're running it on (*nix-slanted instructions are here).

You're probably missing something easily fixed, but which has to work right; it's hardly worth the effort to reinvent this wheel. CGI is a protocol that has to be implemented in a certain way to work right (e.g. the user input has to get to the right place). Although I'm pretty sure one could implement something like it in HTTP::Daemon, unless you're looking for a wacky project stick with the tried-and-true solution (one could, in the same sense, replicate the Empire State building in downtown London all by oneself).

Try putting something like this in your httpd.conf file; if it doesn't work, say what's not working (500 error? Just shows the source code?) and look at your webserver's error_log. 

# might need to be /apache/cgi-bin -> points to a directory on your ha
+rd drive
Alias /cgi-bin c:\apache\cgi-bin
<Location /cgi-bin>
 AllowOverride None
 Order allow,deny
 Allow from all 
 Options +ExecCGI
</Location>

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HTH

Philosophy can be made out of anything. Or less -- Jerry A. Fodor

In reply to Re: CGI web server in Perl by arturo
in thread CGI web server in Perl by HTTP-404

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