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Internet: Provider: Powweb: Cgi-bin: Perl: How to create a program and let it run on your site?

Dec 27th, 2004 22:04
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden --- 28 December 2004 - 05:06 am -------------------

Internet: Provider: Powweb: Cgi-bin: Perl: How to create a program and 
let it run on your site?

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Steps: Overview:

 1. -Create your Perl program

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#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI qw(:standard);

print header();

print "hello world from Perl on http://www.powweb.com"

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    1. Possibly first test it on your local machine

       1. On an MSDOS command line type

           perl <your program name>

    2. Give it any name

        e.g. test.pl

          or

             test.cgi

          or

             test.htm

 2. -Upload it to your site

     1. Open your FTP program

        1. Open Total commander

           http://www.ghisler.com

           1. Put the transfer mode to 'Text (plain text, html)'
              in the menu

           2. Upload the file to
              the cgi-bin directory on your site

           3. Change the file attributes of
              your file on your site to 755

              1. Select your file on your web site
                 in your cgi-bin directory

                 1. -Select from menu option 'File'

                     1. -Select from list 'Change attributes'

                     2. -Use the following options

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e.g. in Total commander, to get 755, use:

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          Owner  Group   World
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Read        x      x       x

Write       x

Execute     x      x       x
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 3. -Test your program on your web site

    1. Open your browser

       1. Type the URL of your program

           e.g

            http://www.mywebsite\cgi-bin\test.cgi

          1. You should now see output similar to the following:

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hello from Perl on http://www.powweb.com

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