in reply to Re^6: including the content of a .shtml file into a cgi page
in thread including the content of a .shtml file into a cgi page

CGI::SSI does that:
$ perl -e 'use CGI::SSI (autotie => "STDOUT"); print qq{<!--#echo var= +"DATE_LOCAL" -->\n}' Tue Jul 15 11:30:56 2008

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Re^8: including the content of a .shtml file into a cgi page
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 16, 2008 at 03:01 UTC
      an error occurred while processing this directive

      That's the point at which you look into Apache's error.log.

Re^8: including the content of a .shtml file into a cgi page
by ketaki (Acolyte) on Jul 15, 2008 at 09:39 UTC
    hmmmm.... then probably i'll read a tutorial on output filters..... thanx.... ketaki