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Is there a way to test my cgi-bin / perl is working ?

If you are experiencing problems with your cgi-bin / perl scripts try this test ...

• Enter this into *NOTEPAD* do not use word or anything that will add additional definitions, characters, text, html etc



#!/usr/bin/perl

print "Content-type: text/plain\n\nworks!\n";

• Save the file as test-cgi.pl
• Upload the test-cgi.pl script to your cgi-bin as TEXT
• Change the script mode to 755 (executable)
• Execute the script in your browser at http://(yourdomain)/cgi-bin/test-cgi.pl

If that works, then the error is in your cgi-bin / perl script and you shoudl contact the authors or add additional debug code.

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