Re^4: How do I get my webserver to execute Perl CGI scripts?

okay, i tried something really easy i found to check if perl was working correctly. i have an html that has

<html>
<head>
<title>Tell Me Your Name</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="i:/oracle/isuites/apache/apache/cgi-bin/name.cgi">
<p>Enter your name:<input name="name" /></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="Submit Me!"></p>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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and the cgi has

#!I:/ORACLE/iSuites/Apache/perl/5.00503/bin/MSWin32-x86/perl -w

use strict;
use CGI qw(:standard);

print header;
print start_html('Hello');
print "<h1>Hello, ", param('name'), "!</h1>\n";
print end_html;
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I is the correct drive for perl....I compiled the cgi and it worked fine. when i open the html and click submit it brings the perl to the browser.

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Re^5: How do I get my webserver to execute Perl CGI scripts? by kutsu (Priest) on Sep 02, 2004 at 20:43 UTC
If you've setup apache to use a cgi-bin (which jbodoni already has explained), you should be able to call the cgi script with `<form action="/cgi-bin/name.cgi" method=post>`. That is as long as you've created the cgi-bin in your Document Root directory: the default of this is "/var/www/html", with cgi-bin being in "/var/www/cgi-bin". You can find out for sure by looking at httpd.conf. The fact that you looked at I: for the script makes me wonder if apache is even started/installed, test this by typing http://localhost/ into a browser. "Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - I think that I think, therefore I think that I am." Ambrose Bierce	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^5: How do I get my webserver to execute Perl CGI scripts?
by kutsu (Priest) on Sep 02, 2004 at 20:43 UTC

If you've setup apache to use a cgi-bin (which jbodoni already has explained), you should be able to call the cgi script with <form action="/cgi-bin/name.cgi" method=post>. That is as long as you've created the cgi-bin in your Document Root directory: the default of this is "/var/www/html", with cgi-bin being in "/var/www/cgi-bin". You can find out for sure by looking at httpd.conf.

The fact that you looked at I: for the script makes me wonder if apache is even started/installed, test this by typing http://localhost/ into a browser.

"Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - I think that I think, therefore I think that I am." Ambrose Bierce

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