Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 21:17:43 -0800 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> To: "Phil" <ReachMe@Syne-Post.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cgi errors Message-ID: <00da01be5fb5$0e130780$0200000a@danco.home>
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Phil <ReachMe@Syne-Post.com> wrote:
>So, when I go to this page I always get the
>same error message. I'm sure
>you have all seen it before;
>Internal Server Error
If this is a perl script, run it from your shell account. CGI's write to
standard output, so you should be able to see any CGI output.
Two hints:
1. Use the -w option in the first line:
#! /usr/bin/perl -w
From the perl man page: "Whenever you get mysterious behavior, try the -w
switch!!! Whenever you don't get mysterious behavior, try using -w anyway."
This will give you more informative error messages.
2. Remember that the first thing printed by a CGI script (other than other
HTTP headers) must be:
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
If the script is, say, a shell script, do this:
#! /bin/sh
echo Content-type: text/html
echo
echo
Good luck,
--Dan
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