Re: Path to Perl on local web host

Firefox does not know how to open this address because the protocol isn't associated with any program.

As it should. E:\xampp\cgi-bin\FormMail.pl is not a valid URL. Or if it is, it's for some non-existant scheme "E". If you want a URL to a local file, you can use

file:///E|/xampp/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl
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(Convert the path by adding a leading "/", using "/" instead of "\", and using change "|" instead of ":". The precede the whole thing with "file://".)

Note that this won't get you much further. A CGI script is meant to be executed, not displayed. You need to use a web server, and it must be configured to execute the CGI script in response to the URL you use.

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Re^2: Path to Perl on local web host by Anonymous Monk on Aug 22, 2009 at 00:07 UTC
`use URI::file; print URI::file->new( qw[ E:\xampp\cgi-bin\FormMail.pl ]); __END__ file:///E:/xampp/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl` [download] E\| is outdated	[reply] [d/l]