Gossamer Forum: General: Perl Programming: Confused...

Jun 12, 2001, 11:48 PM

Andy

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Jun 12, 2001, 11:48 PM

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Confused...

Ok, can someone please tell me why the following script;

#!/usr/bin/perl

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print qq|
test

|;

doesn't work, but, the following does;

#!/usr/bin/perl

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print qq|
<html>
test

|;

The first script gives a 500 IS error, whilst the second one works. Why does the <html> bit make a difference?

Thanks

Andy

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http://www.ace-installer.com

Jun 13, 2001, 12:11 AM

dan

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Jun 13, 2001, 12:11 AM

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Hi Andy:

They are both valid - did you upload the first one in Binary, or did your server cough when you uploaded it? The only error that I would expect in this case would be header-related but as I say these both are valid - on Unix, Linux and Cobalt RAQ. What does your server error logs tell you? What box are you on?

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Jun 13, 2001, 12:23 AM

Andy

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Jun 13, 2001, 12:23 AM

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That is why I am confused. The error log says;

[Wed Jun 13 02:44:11 2001] [error] [client 172.138.113.55] Premature end of script headers: /home/ace-host/public_html/cgi-bin/test.cgi
[Wed Jun 13 02:44:11 2001] [error] (8)Exec format error: exec of /home/ace-host/public_html/cgi-bin/test.cgi failed

I'm on a Linux server. As far as I can tell it uploaded ok. I viewed the files when they where on the server, and they all seem to have been uploaded in the correct manner. I did have a few problems with my FTP client a few days ago. That could be what is causing the problem. I'll get a new one adn let you know how it goes.

Thanks

Andy

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