Ok! I have another question.I couldnt find my other post so I will post another another thread. What happens is that I have a perl module and script. The Perl script doesn't execute in the cgi-bin, but outside of cgi-bin it executes.Permissions on the perl script are 755. I am really confused and no one knows how to help me. Any suggestions?
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macOS New question! PERL script doesn't execute
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How are you trying to execute them? Through a web browser request or from the command line? If its from a web browser, check that your apache http server is configured correctly...
Ok - what error is it giving exactly? The directory shouldn't matter if you are executing from command line, unless you have specific relative paths in your script. weird....
kingjr3 said:
It doesn't give an error. When I go to command line to execute the script, it acts like its going to execute but doesn't. So for example:
[user@someserver]: ./this_is_the_script.pl
[user@someserver]: {nothing would be here, just blinking cursor}
kingjr3 said:
Yes I have and it works. The problem is, is that this script is just a driver to test if a local perl module works. The problem is, is that I cannot store the output of the work of the Perl module in the local script so I can manipulate it. The test script just outputs whats stored in the variable of the script.It seems outside of the cgi-bin, I can get to the data that the perl module collects and store it locally within the memory space of the current running script, but within the cgi-bin, it just shows nothing.
digital1 said:
For clarity, this works both inside and outside of your cgi-bin directory? If it does indeed work both in and out, then this usually indicates a problem with permissions or the compiler declarations on the first line.
Also, if you want to take this discussion outside of your thread, I would be willing to ssh/telnet in to see if we can figure this out. If you want PM me a servername/login/pass to use.
kingjr3 said:
When I run it as 'perl this_script.pl' inside and outside of cgi-bin, it works. But when I run it as ./this_script.pl or this_script.pl inside cgi-bin, it does not work. I don't know if the professor would let me add another user to the server, when I don't have rights to do that myself
Thanks though for ALL the help and suggestions.digital1 said:When I run it as 'perl this_script.pl' inside and outside of cgi-bin, it works. But when I run it as ./this_script.pl or this_script.pl inside cgi-bin, it does not work. I don't know if the professor would let me add another user to the server, when I don't have rights to do that myself
I could email you the scripts so you can run through them quick though...
digital1 said:
that may work.
Like I mentioned before, if the perl command works but the . command doesn't its usually indicative of permissions or declarative problems.
PS. Let your prof know that I am a local. I work in Glendale
kingjr3@yahoo*SPAMDAMMYDO].com
Is this not an issue with your sh-bang statement on the first line:
do a 'which perl'
sreedy$ which perl
/usr/bin/perl
and check that you've got #!/usr/bin/perl as the first line in your script.
That's my best guess after reading this thread.
my $0.02
do a 'which perl'
sreedy$ which perl
/usr/bin/perl
and check that you've got #!/usr/bin/perl as the first line in your script.
That's my best guess after reading this thread.
my $0.02