Re: FN-FORUM: Perl/CGI help for the simpleton...

date posted 24th August 2003 21:56

Cheers Dan
It does appear that we're the only people capable of typing on the forum at
the moment....
I've hassled 1&1 by e-mail already ( they're German based so hopefully bank
holidays are classed as "inefficient" and I'll get a reply soon).
That's it-I'm off to find a stray bottle of something medicinal and I'll
raise a large glass to your health.
Gor bless ya
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Norcott" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Perl/CGI help for the simpleton...


>
> Might have misled you a bit - when I said 'executables', I just meant the
> perl programs themselves - the .pl or .cgi files or whatever you have.
>
> There are so many different perl scripts available that do so many
different
> things it's very hard to say what the problem is - you'll probably be best
> off either hassling up 1&1 in the morning (tuesday morning, come to think
of
> it!), or typing out a more detailed version of your problem and posting it
> here - there's probably someone who can help. Problem is they're probably
> all lying drunk next to their big leather chairs at the moment clutching a
> half empty bottle of scotch due to the bank holiday weekend.
>
> Good luck fella
> dan
>
>
> > Thanks Dan
> > Apparently (according to 1&1-my host) I only have to include the files
in
> my
> > site for them to work. The files are ASCII and appear to have all the
> right
> > attributes. I've tried cuteFTP-ing them without success although you
> mention
> > "executables"-would that be the "set up" script ?
> > If they were uploaded successfully what would happen ?
> > The script provider says that there should be some sort of configuration
> > system but nowt happens....
> > Cheers anyway !
>
>
>
>
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