Re: Need help getting start with a test cgi script.

From: Trey Waters (news5_at_sidestreet.gotdns.org)
Date: 03/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:53:48 GMT

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, packat wrote:

> I am trying to get my first cgi script running. First I put
> a simple try.cgi in the directory
> C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\cgi-bin\try.cgi

> The config file has the line ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/perl/eg/cgi-bin/"
>
> Can anyone help me find what was wrong?

This question appears to be related to misconfiguring Apache, and should
probably be directed to a group dealing with Apache.

As for your problem:

The above discrepency sticks out for me....I haven't used Apache on Win,
but on Unix the ScriptAlias declaration usually denotes where you put your
CGI scripts; and you stated that you put your CGI script in a different
location than you configured.

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