[plug] Apache/Perl

[Kim Covil]

Either you haven't restarted apache and so the new configuration
settings have not taken effect yet and it is trying to get you to save
the .pl file itself or the script may not be sending the correct HTTP
headers and it is trying to get you to save the results of running the
script...

Try running 'lynx -head <url>' and look for a 'Content-Type: ....' line

if that line isn't text/html or something else the browser knows to
render internally it will just ask you where to save it...

Depending on how complex the script is you might be able to fix it
simply by adding the line 'print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";' near
the top of it...

Cheers

Kim

On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 17:11, Anne Busby wrote:
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
> I am trying to run an app that uses perl to create its web interface, more
> often than not the browser (Opera/Netscape) prompts me to open/save the
> file rather than just displaying it.
> 
> Do I have my apache settings stuffed up for this to happen ?
> 
> The app just said to add 'AddHandle cgi-script pl' and to create an alias
> and directory entry for the app dir.
> 
> 
> Anne Busby
> E-Mail: anne at busby.net
> Web:    http://www.busby.net
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