LWP::Simple script gives 500 error

[Matt Ashby]

Dear All,

I am trying to run the following script on my hosted web space, but when I do I get a 500 Server Error.

When I run the script on a command line on a separate server it works perfectly. I have tried giving the file all sorts of permissions, but it won't work. Other scripts (printing 'Hello, World', for example) work fine with rwxr-xr-x permissions.

The script is:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use LWP::Simple;

$url = 'http://news.bbc.co.uk/';
getprint($url);

I have checked that LWP::Simple is installed on the server, but since other scripts will run without a problem I am wondering if this is a problem that only the system administrator can fix.

Comments and suggestions appreciated. Thanks in advance.


Matt Ashby

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