CGI stands for “Common Gateway Interface,” a fancy name meaning computer programs running on the web server that can be invoked from a www page at the browser. Simply uploading a cgi script will not make it work, you must set the correct permissions. Continue reading
Your Perl scripts can use the extension .pl or .cgi. Perl scripts that are going to produce output to the Web (world readable) should use the extension .cgi. Perl scripts that are only meant to be executed by yourself via the command line or scripts which may be executed through the Web without any output should be set to the .pl file extension. Continue reading
You may use a directory named “cgi-bin” or any directory you wish for your Perl scripts, as long as the directory has the proper permissions. Continue reading
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What Perl version does my account have? And what perl modules are installed? Continue reading