[NTLUG:Discuss] ...Perl in Netscape on Linux...

[MadHat]

At 11:59 AM 7/4/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I am trying to run Perl in Netscape on Linux and not having a lot of
>success.
>I don't have access to a WEB server that would allow me to try it there,

If you have access to a computer, you have access to a web server for 
testing.  Just download apache and install it locally and bind it to the 
localhost ip (127.0.0.1).  See http://www.apache.org/ for details on Apache.

What you were trying will not work.  Guaranteed.
CGIs work with environment variables and expected information that is only 
available through the web server (though it is possible to work around this 
with modules like CGI).


>so I am doing all my testing on a single box, just opening the pages in
>my browser.
>I suspect that the problem is in "helper applications" but I am not
>sure.
>Can anyone shed any light here?
>
>Edit->Preferences->Applications
>     Description: Perl Programs
>        MIMEType: application/x-perl
>        Suffixes: pl cgi
>"Use this MIME as the outgoing default for these extensions" is not
>checked.
>"Application" is selected, and the application is "/usr/bin/perl"
>
>x-perl is not found on this machine, but /usr/bin/perl is.
>
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