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From: "R. Joseph Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Francesco del Vecchio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:45:08 -0800
Subject: Re: apache error

Francesco del Vecchio wrote:

> I'm new to apache and linux.
>
> I'm trying to run the "Hello World" cgi that works perfectly from terminal but via 
> WebServer I
> obtain this error:
>
> [Fri Mar 14 17:03:11 2003] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of script 
> headers: hello.pl
>
> Do you have any idea about it?
>
> the source is the following
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w

>The error message indicates that the problem occurs >right here.  This looks good to 
>me, though.  It is >pretty standard for perl scripts.  Are you running on >Windows?  
>The ActiveState distribution ignores the >path information in the header line, but 
>Apache >servers may not.  Is there a usr/bin/perl executable >on the system?

Actually, if I remember correctly, you should use 

#!perl -w

for your script to work.   

Hope that helps :)

Etienne Rivard
"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears,
for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth
overlying our hard hearts" - C.Dickens (Great Expectations)


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