if i use wordpad, in windows, instead of notepad, which i was told b/c of this reason,
what do i save the script file as: the choices are:
rich text format (RTF)
unicode text document
text document - MS DOS format
text document
and
word for windows 6.0
any ideas?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mel Matsuoka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: error info...
> I wrote:
> >
> > Use CGI::Carp qw/fatalsToBrowser/
>
> bc wrote:
> >i'm using that...
> >no luck though...
>
> Just out of curiosity, did you follow their server-specific perl script
> debugging info at http://www.netfirms.com/supportSearch?BROWSE=advanced ?
>
> If youre developing on Windows, a common problem is uploading your scripts
> in binary format, instead of ASCII. Unix servers want to just see a
> carriage-return at the end of each line. Windows ends lines using CR/LF
> (carriage-return/line-feed). Uploading these files to a unix host in binary
> format preserves the line-feeds, hence unix based script interpreters such
> as perl choke on it. Uploading in ASCII (or "auto" in your FTP application)
> will convert the textfile appropriately.
>
> So I think it's a bit premature to be looking for another host that "lets
> you use free space to learn perl". From the looks of it, Netfirms supports
> everything you need to develop perl scripts. It sounds like you're doing
> something wrong on your side (most likely syntax errors in your perl code).
>
> Post the code which is giving you the problem...otherwise its next to
> impossible to give you specific advice.
>
> Aloha,
> mel
>
>
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