[Melbourne-pm] interesting apache outcome

[Guy Morton]

You could also consider Eclipse with the perl EPIC plugin.

On 21/08/2008, at 7:32 PM, John Thornton wrote:

> 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.
>
> I named it new433.cgi because I already had another hello.cgi file.
>
> ThenI got this which I have not seen before:
>
> Server error!
>
> The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete  
> your request.
>
> Error message:
> couldn't create child process: 720003: new433.cgi
>
> If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
>
> Error 500
>
> localhost
> 08/21/08 19:22:04
> Apache/2.2.9 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8h  
> mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.6
>
> 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.
> 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.
>
> Interestingly, when I tested new433.cgi in the command windows box I  
> got a bit of a funny CGI message rather than success.
>
> 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.
>
> It's interesting anyway. Thanks for help again and that notepad ++    
> that is a cool editor.
>
> John
>
> From: Ian Macdonald [mailto:ickphum at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2008 6:16 PM
> To: John Thornton
> Cc: Jacinta Richardson; melbourne-pm at pm.org
> Subject: Re: [Melbourne-pm] interesting apache outcome
>
> Without delving into the murky waters of editor preferences, an  
> immediate win would be to use notepad++ instead, which is available  
> herehttp://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php.
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 6:09 PM, John Thornton <jdthornton at ozemail.com.au 
> > wrote:
> Yes, I was using notepad as my editor to make my files!
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> But I will follow your tip as notepad may have its limitations here.
>
>
>
> Hard to think of what else to use. I do have PSpad installed if I  
> wanted to use something a bit fancier.
>
>
>
> John
>
>
>
> From: Ian Macdonald [mailto:ickphum at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2008 5:54 PM
> To: John Thornton
> Cc: Jacinta Richardson; melbourne-pm at pm.org
>
>
> Subject: Re: [Melbourne-pm] interesting apache outcome
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:49 PM, John Thornton <jdthornton at ozemail.com.au 
> > wrote:
>
> Hmm..
>
>    I did as you suggested and got:
>
>     Object not found!
>
> The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL
> manually please check your spelling and try again.
>
> If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
> Error 404
> localhost
> 08/21/08 17:44:37
> Apache/2.2.9 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8h  
> mod_autoindex_color
> PHP/5.2.6
>
> ***************
> So I don't know. It seems to me that there is one difference between  
> the
> files that have succeeded as CGI browser formats in the explore CGI  
> box:
>
> the successful ones are listed as CGI files whereas the ones I tried  
> such as
> hello.cgi are still listed as text documents.
>
> Thanks anyway
> Any more suggestions and I will try them out.
>
> John
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Ian Macdonald
>
>
>
>
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> Ian Macdonald
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