Re: Debugging CGI/PERL

A few ideas:

Look in your Web server logs. That's where these errors will show up.
CGI::Carp will make errors show up in your browser, but generally not compile-time errors.
If you can't get to your Web server logs, try wrapping your CGI script in a small wrapper that will send errors to the browser. For example, if your CGI program is called dosomething, name this shell script dosomething-debug, make it executable, then run this script from your browser to see errors.
```
#!/bin/sh -e

exec 2>&1
printf "Content-type: text/plain\n\n"
echo "Current directory:"
pwd
exec /path/to/dosomething
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```
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