Script displays in dos window, not browser

08-10-2003

Hello,

I am trying to run a trivial perl script, but the results either get
displayed in a dos window,
or the source code gets displayed in a browser. The former happens when I
open the script
in IE with a pl extension. The latter happens if I open the script with a
cgi extension. Both
scripts reside in "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin".
Obviously, I have an
apache server (the service is started, as well as two apache.exe processes).
I have ActiveState
perl installed. Here is the script:

#!C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

print "<html>\n<head><title>First CGI</title></head>\n";

print "<body><h1>\n";

print "Hello world!!";

print "</h1>\n </body>\n</html>\n";

I have been looking in the news groups for two days to no avail.

Thanks,

Joe

08-10-2003

Joe Burnett wrote:
> I am trying to run a trivial perl script, but the results either get
> displayed in a dos window,

Well, then apparently the Perl script works perfectly fine: it prints
exactly what it is supposed to print.

> or the source code gets displayed in a browser.
> I have an apache server
[...]
> I have been looking in the news groups for two days to no avail.

Doesn't surprise me. You are looking the wrong place.
You should check out a NG that actually deals with Apache to find out how to
configure Apache.

jue

08-10-2003

"Joe Burnett" <> wrote in message
news:UyAZa.116059$uu5.17089@sccrnsc04...
> Gregory, thanks for the reply.
> > Looking for two days? Where? If you spent 2 days reading the Apache
> > documentation you should know it by heart.
> Well, off and on for two days. Even if I did know the Apache stuff by
heart,
> I don't think it would help. I implemented the changes you suggested and
the
> behavio(u)r did not change. Still get either a DOS window (.pl) or the
> source
> code displayed in IE (.cgi).
>
> Do you have any other suggestions? Is the fact that I have a Windows XP
Pro
> as my server, but have specified DHCP to get the IP address (which by the
> way
> matches the address in my httpd.conf) creating the problem?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Joe
>

Step number 1 to to make sure you can access regular html.
eg http://www.yoursite.com/mypage.html
If you can't even do that then you need to sort out DNS issues.

When you have that working you can try something like
http://www.yoursite.com/cgi/bin/script.cgi

gtoomey

08-11-2003

Alan C. wrote:
>
> http://perl.about.com/cs/beginningperl/
>
> http://perl.about.com/cs/intermediateperl/

That is a nice site indeed, but I do find it amusing that they have
ads/links for spam removal on a site thats just full of them ;p

--
Islaw

08-12-2003

Thanks, Alan, Gregory and Jürgen,

I tried your suggestions to no avail on my home based Windows XP system. I
have located a linux based
web server that runs both myscript.cgi and myscript.pl with the expected
results showing up in my browser.
I am able to develope now. I'll get back to my home system later this week.

Thanks again,

Joe Burnett

"Alan C." <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Joe Burnett" <> wrote in message
> news:KluZa.113785$Ho3.14438@sccrnsc03...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to run a trivial perl script, but the results either get
> > displayed in a dos window,
> > or the source code gets displayed in a browser. The former happens when
I
> > open the script
> > in IE with a pl extension. The latter happens if I open the script with
a
> > cgi extension.
>
> But how is the open accomplished? is it like do you enter into the
address
> bar of the browser something near/like:
>
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/myscript.cgi
>
> >Both
> > scripts reside in "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin".
>
> File location looks ok. What happen if U do
> localhost/cgi-bin/scriptname.cgi as I mentioned further above
>
> --
>
> http://perl.about.com/cs/beginningperl/
>
> http://perl.about.com/cs/intermediateperl/
>
> very near those above two is also some cgi info. a "Perl 101 class" which
> focuses on Perl cgi & web server a few basics
>
> --
> Alan.
>
>
>

08-12-2003

Thanks, Alan, Gregory and Jürgen,

I tried your suggestions to no avail on my home based Windows XP system. I
have located a linux based
web server that runs both myscript.cgi and myscript.pl with the expected
results showing up in my browser.
I am able to develope now. I'll get back to my home system later this week.

Thanks again,

Joe Burnett

"Alan C." <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Joe Burnett" <> wrote in message
> news:KluZa.113785$Ho3.14438@sccrnsc03...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to run a trivial perl script, but the results either get
> > displayed in a dos window,
> > or the source code gets displayed in a browser. The former happens when
I
> > open the script
> > in IE with a pl extension. The latter happens if I open the script with
a
> > cgi extension.
>
> But how is the open accomplished? is it like do you enter into the
address
> bar of the browser something near/like:
>
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/myscript.cgi
>
> >Both
> > scripts reside in "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin".
>
> File location looks ok. What happen if U do
> localhost/cgi-bin/scriptname.cgi as I mentioned further above
>
> --
>
> http://perl.about.com/cs/beginningperl/
>
> http://perl.about.com/cs/intermediateperl/
>
> very near those above two is also some cgi info. a "Perl 101 class" which
> focuses on Perl cgi & web server a few basics
>
> --
> Alan.
>
>
>

08-12-2003

Thanks, Alan, Gregory and Jürgen,

I tried your suggestions to no avail on my home based Windows XP system. I
have located a linux based
web server that runs both myscript.cgi and myscript.pl with the expected
results showing up in my browser.
I am able to develope now. I'll get back to my home system later this week.

Thanks again,

Joe Burnett

"Alan C." <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Joe Burnett" <> wrote in message
> news:KluZa.113785$Ho3.14438@sccrnsc03...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to run a trivial perl script, but the results either get
> > displayed in a dos window,
> > or the source code gets displayed in a browser. The former happens when
I
> > open the script
> > in IE with a pl extension. The latter happens if I open the script with
a
> > cgi extension.
>
> But how is the open accomplished? is it like do you enter into the
address
> bar of the browser something near/like:
>
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/myscript.cgi
>
> >Both
> > scripts reside in "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin".
>
> File location looks ok. What happen if U do
> localhost/cgi-bin/scriptname.cgi as I mentioned further above
>
> --
>
> http://perl.about.com/cs/beginningperl/
>
> http://perl.about.com/cs/intermediateperl/
>
> very near those above two is also some cgi info. a "Perl 101 class" which
> focuses on Perl cgi & web server a few basics
>
> --
> Alan.
>
>
>

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