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

date posted 25th August 2003 00:11

Hi Russ

I host sites with 1and1 and their help is far from helpful.

Having said that, as long as your Perl scripts have the line

#!/usr/bin/perl

at the very top and have a .pl extension you should be OK.

Are you sure you've got the right hosting package? The basic £5.99 a month
one
doesn't support custom CGIs, something I fell foul of when I setup
dogsincoats.com.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Russ
> Sent: 24 August 2003 22:30
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Perl/CGI help for the simpleton...
>
>
>
> 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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