CGI equivalent of Apache::DB?

gurbo has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I've found recently the Apache::DB module. You make a normal request from your browser and it makes the program enter the debugger on the handler function (you have to pass the -X option to the Apache server so it runs on the foreground).

I though this was great. Yes, you can debug by printing log messages but the perl debugger provides you a lot more.

Is there anything like this when you run a Perl script on Apache via CGI?

I know you can print anything you want, use Data::Dumper, maybe CGI::Debug, even run the script from the command line (a real PITA) but what gives Apache::DB is far, far better. You're inside the debugger with everything set up and the debugger prompt there.

Thanks in advance
gurbo

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Re: CGI equivalent of Apache::DB? (search) by tye (Sage) on Jun 02, 2010 at 17:13 UTC
Easier Linux/Unix remote CGI Debugging is linked from Tutorials. Let us know if you run into specific problems. Update: Actually, Debugging a CGI is more what I was searching for. A subthread in there talks about how to debug a CGI by rendezvousing with a separate pseudo terminal (such as from a separate ssh session). Update: http://www.mail-archive.com/asterisk-perl@lists.gnuinter.net/msg00142.html is also helpful (it is about AGI, the CGI-like interface to Asterisk, but the same or a similar technique can be used with regular CGI). - tye	[reply]
Re: CGI equivalent of Apache::DB? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 02, 2010 at 16:20 UTC
Add -d to the #! line? (A private message from the OP seems to confirm my guess.)	[reply]