Unix systems use the #! line to determine how to interpret the remainder of
the file. this allows you to give the file any extension you wish, and
still have it associated with the correct parser/interpreter. Win32 systems
on the other hand do not use the #! line in this fashion. Win32 uses file
extension association to determine how to handle the file. During the
installation of ActivePerl, the .pl to perl.exe is set up automatically by
default. If you wish for the .cgi extension to also be associated with
perl.exe you can add the association manually.
refer to the Win32 FAQ 4 "Windows NT and Windows 95" - "How do I associate
Perl scripts with perl?" for instructions on how to set up the association.
HTH
wantor
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v6h10p6 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 4:58 AM
> To: Perl-Win32-Users Mailing List
> Subject: Running .cgi on win98 with pws
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I am trying to run x.cgi on win98 running pws. I have
> Activestate Perl
> installed in my c:\perl. to run the x.cgi file i have my index.shtml
> pointing to the x.cgi file located in c:/inetpub/cgi(active
> directory as
> cgi) by
>
> <!--#exec cgi="/cgi/x.cgi"-->
>
> my x.cgi is a Hello World example with first line
>
> #!/perl/bin/perl
>
> my perl.exe is located in C:\perl\bin directory.
> when i tried to load my index.shtml it gave me this error:
> "Failed to execute script '/cgi/x.cgi': Win32 Error Code = 16389"
>
> Then i renamed the x.cgi file to x.pl and made changes in
> index.shtml to
> <!--#exec cgi="/cgi/x.pl"-->
>
> It worked fine.
>
> Does any one know what might be a problem?
>
> Please reply.
>
> VHP
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