--- Xiangli Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since I want to analyse a complicated problem involved with one > file.pl, I am suspect the .pl file was not executed. I tried with > very simple file.pl only printing one line, but it does not work. The > following is the code: > > the cgi file > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > use lib '/srv/www/cgi-bin/phrap'; > > print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; > print "<html><head><title>Perl CGI Example # 2"; > print "</title></head><body><h1>"; > print "Alignment Result </h1><p>"; > print "<pre>"; > > system("perl", "/srv/www/cgi-bin/phrap/testL.pl"); > print "</pre>"; > print "</p>"; > print "</body></html>"; > > the .pl file testL.pl > > #!/usr/bin/perl > print "%%%%%%%%%%\n\n"; >
A series of Percent signs is significant to the resulting web browser; please try to use a sim ple, plain old, ASCII text - maybe just "Hi, I am the testL programs output" ??? > > testL.pl is in the folder '/srv/www/cgi-bin/phrap', both of the files > have maximum permissions > > I am suspecting the problem is related to configuration of Apache web > server. Is it possible? Since, the exact files work fine in one > server, but not in the other. > > I am not so familiar with Apache configuration, just know some basic > things. > > Any suggestions? How do you know that the use lib is working? Can you prove the programs both work for the command line first - before you try them as CGIs? As far as apache is concerned I suggest: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/howto/cgi.html :) -Sx- ===== -Sx- seeking employment: http://youve-reached-the.endoftheinternet.org/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>