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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=013534322-21082008>Try changing this line:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=013534322-21082008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=013534322-21082008><FONT size=2>
<P>print CGI->headers(), "Hello";</P>
<P><SPAN class=013534322-21082008><FONT face=Arial size=2>To
</FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN class=013534322-21082008><FONT size=2>
<P>print CGI->header(), "Hello";</P></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=013534322-21082008><FONT face=Arial size=2>(ie drop the 's' off
the word 'headers').</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
melbourne-pm-bounces+lsharpe=pacificwireless.com.au@pm.org
[mailto:melbourne-pm-bounces+lsharpe=pacificwireless.com.au@pm.org] <B>On Behalf
Of </B>John Thornton<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 21 August 2008 7:33
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Ian Macdonald'<BR><B>Cc:</B>
melbourne-pm@pm.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Melbourne-pm] interesting apache
outcome<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Right, I feel that I might not be far off
success. I used notepad++ and managed to get the file recognised as a .cgi file
just as the files for cgi are that worked.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">I named it new433.cgi because I already
had another hello.cgi file. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">ThenI got this which I have not seen
before:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H1><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=6><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Server
error!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H1>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The server
encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Error
message: <BR>couldn't create child process: 720003: new433.cgi
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">If you
think this is a server error, please contact the <A
href="mailto:admin@localhost">webmaster</A>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H2><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Error
500<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H2>
<ADDRESS><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
href="http://localhost/">localhost</A><BR>08/21/08 19:22:04<BR>Apache/2.2.9
(Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8h mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.6
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></ADDRESS>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Hmm, the only child process that I have
met is in graphics where you try to get graphics making graphics a bit like a
math iteration. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">I really don't think that I am far off
getting this working for appearing in the browser. I mean, a lot of things have
gone right now. The cgi file is in the right directory and recognised as a cgi
file. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Interestingly, when I tested new433.cgi in
the command windows box I got a bit of a funny CGI message rather than success.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">But where to go from here? I dont know.
None of this stops me from continuing with the other VTC lessons on perl; but I
am just limited for the moment in seeing the fruit of my learning in the
browser. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">It's interesting anyway. Thanks for help
again and that notepad ++ that is a cool editor.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">John<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Ian Macdonald
[mailto:ickphum@gmail.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, 21 August 2008 6:16
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> John
Thornton<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Jacinta
Richardson; melbourne-pm@pm.org<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Melbourne-pm] interesting
apache outcome</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Without delving into the murky waters of
editor preferences, an immediate win would be to use notepad++ instead, which is
available here <A
href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php">http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php</A>.<BR><BR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 6:09 PM, John Thornton <<A
href="mailto:jdthornton@ozemail.com.au">jdthornton@ozemail.com.au</A>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Yes, I was using notepad as my editor to
make my files!</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Notepad is in general a good editor to
use. For instance it worked in making .pl files that tested correctly for hello
world in my command line.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">But I will follow your tip as notepad may
have its limitations here.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Hard to think of what else to use. I do
have PSpad installed if I wanted to use something a bit fancier.
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">John </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Ian Macdonald [mailto:<A
href="mailto:ickphum@gmail.com" target=_blank>ickphum@gmail.com</A>]
<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, 21 August 2008
5:54 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> John
Thornton<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Jacinta
Richardson; <A href="mailto:melbourne-pm@pm.org"
target=_blank>melbourne-pm@pm.org</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Melbourne-pm] interesting
apache outcome<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Thu, Aug
21, 2008 at 5:49 PM, John Thornton <<A
href="mailto:jdthornton@ozemail.com.au"
target=_blank>jdthornton@ozemail.com.au</A>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hmm..<BR><BR> I did as you suggested and
got:<BR><BR> Object not found!<BR><BR>The requested URL was not
found on this server. If you entered the URL<BR>manually please check your
spelling and try again.<BR><BR>If you think this is a server error, please
contact the webmaster.<BR>Error 404<BR>localhost<BR>08/21/08
17:44:37<BR>Apache/2.2.9 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8h
mod_autoindex_color<BR>PHP/5.2.6<BR><BR>***************<BR>So I don't know. It
seems to me that there is one difference between the<BR>files that have
succeeded as CGI browser formats in the explore CGI box:<BR><BR>the successful
ones are listed as CGI files whereas the ones I tried such as<BR>hello.cgi are
still listed as text documents.<BR><BR>Thanks anyway<BR>Any more suggestions and
I will try them out.<BR><FONT color=#888888><SPAN
style="COLOR: #888888"><BR>John</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>That
sounds interesting; what editor are you using to create the files? It sounds
like it might be Notepad or something else that likes to silently add .txt to
all file names.<BR><BR>In the explorer window, go to the Tools menu and choose
Folder Options. Now select the View tab and find "Hide extensions for known file
types" and make sure this is not ticked. Click Apply, Ok, refresh the window and
see if some of the files now display as name.cgi.txt. If so, remove the ".txt"
part and try again.<BR><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Ian
Macdonald<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Ian
Macdonald<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>