[plug] Apache/Perl

[Anne Busby]

On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Ryan wrote:

>
> >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.
>
> You need to also specify the directory the script is in as ExecCGI or else
> the server sends the .pl file instead of executing it.
>
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> Ryan

I have both ExecCGI and the AddHandler - is this causing apache to get
confused ? (yes i did restart apache after changing the file)

There is also a .pl extention in the mime.types file - is this causing the
problem ?

Anne