Re: Debugging without shell access?

Thanks for the leads folks.

OK, I've pared this one down as far as it can go, yet I still get the same "Premature end of script headers" errors. I also tried it using CGI, which I figured knows the html spec better than I ever will. Any further ideas?

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $preserve_date = '2006-09-01';
my %registrations;

print <<EOF;
Content-type: text/html

<html>
<head>
<title>Masking Private Data</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Masking Private Data</h2>
This script is masking private data in the test data set with a depart
+ure date before $preserve_date.  Records related to later events are 
+being preserved.<p>
</body>
</html>
EOF

1;

sub parse_date {
  my ($date_str) = @_;
  my $date = ParseDate($date_str);
  $date = substr($date,0,4) . '-' . substr($date,4,2) . '-' . substr($
+date,6,2);
  return $date;
}
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Re^2: Debugging without shell access? by davorg (Chancellor) on Oct 30, 2006 at 17:04 UTC
See, this is why you really need access to the server logs. And the Apache configuration files. Is the server running `suexec`? And, if so, are are file ownership and permissions correct? -- <http://dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club." -- Chip Salzenberg	[reply]
Re^2: Debugging without shell access? by Melly (Chaplain) on Oct 30, 2006 at 17:17 UTC
Where is ParseDate defined? Don't you need to include Date::Manip or something? Like others, I'm still confused by you saying you tested this on a local environment - that script would never have worked running under apache/cgi - did you just capture the output to file and open the file in a browser? That is not the same thing... <update>I've just noticed - you've commented out Date::Manip, but you are still using ParseDate in your code. Fix that and try again...</update> Tom Melly, tom@tomandlu.co.uk	[reply]
Re^3: Debugging without shell access? by derby (Abbot) on Oct 30, 2006 at 17:47 UTC
That shouldn't be a problem since parse_date is never called. -derby	[reply]
Re^4: Debugging without shell access? by Melly (Chaplain) on Oct 30, 2006 at 23:04 UTC
True - I noticed shortly after I posted. OP, could your shebang be wrong? Tom Melly, tom@tomandlu.co.uk	[reply]