Re: Perl question #2

Bill,

I assume you are trying to use your perl script to send an html page to
a web browser. If so, you need to prefix your output with a mime header,
like this:

        print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";

I believe the output string is case-sensitive, so note the use of
capitals. The above string tells the browser that it is about to receive
an html doc. Alternatively, you could change the content-type to
text/plain, which is treated (by the browser) as preformatted text.
Since you are only sending the string "Hello, world!" to the browser,
this latter option is probably a better way to go. But when you get to
serious (i.e., not just experimenting) cgi, then you will want to use
the text/html content-type, and your output will include embedded html.
If you need a hand with anything re: perl, just ask. I'm no expert, but
do know a thing or two.

Dave Sherman

Bill Erhardt wrote:
> 
> Thanks for your input, it is much appreciated.
> 
> I am receiving the execve() error from the http server...here is some more
> info:
> 
> HTTPCFG is as follows, I believe my CGI calls are accessing the programs.
> 
> PASS /QSYS.LIB/CGI.LIB/*
> EXEC /cgi/* /QSYS.LIB/CGI.LIB/*
> 
> My CL program to access a perl script:
> 
> CALL PGM(PERLDIST/PERL) PARM('/home/perlscripts/hello.pl')
> ENDPGM
> 
> And finally, my Perl program:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> print ("Hello World!\n");
> 
> Am I forgetting something in my configuration? Like I said before, I can run
> these perl programs from a qsh environment on the AS/400, but the CGI hooks
> aren't quite there.  If you can help great, if not can you refer me to
> someone who can.
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> Please E-mail me at
> Sutch@Baldwinhq.com
> 
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