Never heard of a .plx, but the .pl and .cgi are really just naming convention. Having said that if you are running activestate perl, it normally installs with .pl associated with perl (but not cgi). If you are running nt4 (2k?) or greater you should be able to run myscript.pl without putting perl in front
I think you can set up apache to only run (for example) .cgi's and not .pl's but I never have. -----Original Message----- From: Drue Reeves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:58 To: Gunnar Hjalmarsson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Two easy questions. Truly newbie questions.... Why do some scripts have a CGI extension while other a .pl and still other a .plx? Does the .cgi extension give it some web characteristics? Is there a way to run my script without specifying "perl" before the script? In other words, I want to type c:\myscript.plx instead of c:\perl myscript.plx. Thanks, Drue ================================================================ This email message (and any accompanying file attachments) may contain copyright, confidential or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient, or the person responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please notify Australian Fast Foods Pty Ltd by return email and then delete the email, destroy any printed copy and do not disclose or use the information in it. Any unauthorised review, use, alteration, disclosure or distribution of this email (including attachments) by an unintended recipient is prohibited. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, Australian Fast Foods Pty Ltd does not represent that this message or any attached files are free from computer viruses. ================================================================ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
