On 8/24/06, hOURS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
CGI scripts can be written in PERL, right?
For at least ten years, yes.
I thought I had done so properly for our website, but it isn't working.
You need to have a properly configured webserver. Check with your
local expert, or somebody else who
A CGI script could be a shell script, a compiled program written in
C/C++/PASCAL (I even have a
client whose CGI programs were developed in FORTRAN), PERL, PHP, EXPECT,
TCL. Basically
any program that can run on your WEB server (without going in details).
CGI scripts,need not contain:
Content-
ndal L. Schwartz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 2:50 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Naveen Parmar
> Subject: Re: Perl and CGI
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> >>>>> "Naveen" == Naveen Parmar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> Naveen> What ar
Here is a tutorial that will help you get started writing CGI scripts in
Perl... if that was your goal.
http://www.webdesigns1.com/perl/tutorial.html
Rob
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From: Naveen Parmar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 5:31 PM
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> "Naveen" == Naveen Parmar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Naveen> What are the differences between Perl and CGI? Can I simply rename
Naveen> Perl files to .CGI and use them?
"What is the difference between a car and the road?"
"Can I simply call my car a road and drive on it?"
According to www.pcwebopaedia.com, a CGI program is defined as:
"A CGI program is any program designed to accept and return data that
conforms to the CGI specification"
In short Perl is a language and CGI is not. CGI is an interface that allows
you to transfer information between a CGI program
