Hi Scott
I was having sleepless nights because of the same problem I tried whatever
I could, tried configuring PWS.... it didn't work .... surely will check
the link. One right solution can help many more lives
Thanks a lot
Regards
Joel
At 08:09 PM 7/17/2001 +1000, you wrote:
> > > WinNT comes with "Personal Web Server" (PWS) which is how I'm learning
>Perl
> > > CGI. You can put your scripts in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\cgi-bin. You can
>then
> > > run them by going to:
> > > your_homepage\cgi-bin\your_script.pl. I'm not sure if Windows 98 comes
>with
> > > PWS. Sorry I couldn't be of more help - just learning myself.
> >
> > Depending on what version of Windows NT you have, you may even have IIS as
> > part of your system (I think you need the server version with SP 4 and
> > higher). There's also Apache, which can be built on NT and Win2K.
> > Again, though, don't know what things Windows 98 will support. I think
> > Personal Web server may be the only thing.
>
>I too had the same problem of tring to run CGI scripts under Windows 98. I
>tried running them from the command line and they worked fine, but I wanted
>to get a feel for them in the browser.
>I thought I was doomed until I discovered the wonders of Apache. Go here
>http://httpd.apache.org/docs/windows.html for instructions on using and
>downloadin Apache for Win32 (You will also need the Microsoft Installer, but
>the page contains information on getting it).
>Instead of the normal shebang line, have "#!PERL" at the top of your script
>and plop the script in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\cgi-bin\ (Or
>what ever directory you installed Apache in), and you should get normal
>output to the browser (Remember to include the MIME content line though).
>
>Hope this helps.
>-Cheers, Scott.
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