<!--#EXEC cgi="*****" -->

[Creatures]

this stupid tag doesnt work!!
i downloaded a cgi program and the readme says i have to put this <!--#EXEC cgi="/cgi-bin/rumor_show.cgi" --> with the right link in a html but it doesnt work! (everything else works: adding things) but it wont display it!

stupid!
is there another way to display something

BTW the code!

Quote:

#!/usr/bin/perl

require 'rumor_config.cgi';

if (-e $randomtext_file) {
if (open(TEXTFILE,$randomtext_file)) {
while (<TEXTFILE>) {
if (! m/^#/) {
push (@randomtext,$_);
}
}
close(TEXTFILE);
}

print $randomtext[rand $#randomtext];
}
else {
# This is to prevent "Internal Server Error" when the script is new
# and there is no rumor file yet.
print "Be the first to <A href="$script_URL">add a rumor</A> right here!\n";
}

exit(0);
#END-OF-FILE

Creatures

[vass0922]

does your webserver support cgi scripts?

if they don't your out of luck. Any of the free cheesy webservers like geocities won't support cgi scripts. so check with your webhost

[Creatures]

yes my server supports CGI (my guestbook works on that server!) so i'm sure it should work!

Creatures

[quux]

print "Be the first to <A href=\"$script_URL\">add a rumor</A> right here!\n";

... and where is this

require 'rumor_config.cgi'; ??
---------^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

just a rough guest - do not count on it - did'nt any perl-cgi since Aug 99 and still fight against getting into it again. CC.

P.S.:
Can't locate rumor_config.cgi in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at test.pl line 3.

[MiniPerl]

Just curious, have you named the file with the extension .shtml ? If not, the server won't pick up on the Server Side Include.