Amer Neely wrote: > Bryan Olson wrote: >> Amer Neely wrote: >>> I don't have shell access but I can run 'which python' from a Perl >>> script, and I will try the different shebang line you suggested. >> And after trying it, Amer Neely reported: >> >>> I tried `which python` and `whereis python` and got 0 back as a >>> result. So it seems Python is not installed at all. >> Probably right, but just to be thorough... Since you do not >> have shell access, I'm guessing you are running these within >> a Perl cgi script, and getting the results via a browser. Is >> that right? > > Yes. >> Can you backtick other commands? What do you get if you run >> `which perl` the same way? How about `whoami`, `whereis sh`, >> and `which nosuchthingas5748614`? Can you list /, /bin and >> /usr/bin? > > I just looked at my code and tried something else: > @SysCmd="which python"; > system(@SysCmd); > > and it came back > /usr/local/bin/python > >> How did you learn that this system could run your Perl >> scripts? Can that source give us anything to go on here? >> If Python is not installed, do you have some avenue for >> requesting it? >> >> We're down to long shots. Still, hosts that support Perl >> but will not support Python are getting to be the rare. >> >> > > I've asked my host to put in a request for it. > > So it seems python IS installed, but not where I thought it was. > > I just tried my script with the new path, but still got a 500 server > error. Can I trap errors to a file locally? > You could try putting an ErrorLog directive in your local .htaccess file.
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