Hi Philipp, Thanks a lot. It works.
As you could make out, I am nascent to Apache. So It was really useful. Be prepared for more of this kind. Regards, Sumanth =============================================== "Philipp Traeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Now, I placed a file called host.pl, in the cgi-bin folder > > > > but when I invoke http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/host.pl > > My browser tries to download this file. > > > > But I expected Apache/ or Perl to have executed this script. > > Maybe you're missing some entries in your apache configuration: > > You need to specify that perl files should be executed as cgi-script > by adding/modifying the entry > > AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl > > Furthermore, the directory in which your script is located need to > have the ExecCGI option, e.g. > > <Directory "D:/web/perl"> > Options +ExecCGI > [.. some more stuff ..] > </Director> > > HTH, > > Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
