Webhosting Perl and CGI Scripts: Difference between revisions

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You can upload ~~any perl~~ scripts to anywhere on your web site. You can make a cgi-bin directory if you like, but scripts can be included anywhere on your web site.

You can upload scripts to anywhere on your web site. You can make a cgi-bin directory if you like, but scripts can be included anywhere on your web site.

Simple shell scripts can start with #!/bin/sh, #!/bin/bash, or (if you must) #!/bin/csh (but see [https://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/misc/csh.html why you should not])

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For ~~perl~~, the script should start with #!/usr/bin/perl

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For Perl, the script should start with #!/usr/bin/perl

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Particularly for ~~perl~~ scripts uploaded from windows machines, please upload in ASCII mode not BINARY.

Python is not available.

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Particularly for scripts uploaded from windows machines, please upload in ASCII mode not BINARY.

Within the script, the mail program used for sending mail is /usr/lib/sendmail . You should not use this with the -t argument (which find the From and To in the email) but use -f 'from-email-address' 'to-email-address' in place of the -t argument.

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A simple mailer is available - [[Webhosting Form Mailer]]

There are various ~~perl~~ scripts available on the internet, and many books on the subject. You do not have access to php or mysql on the server, and you may have to change the use of sendmail as above.

There are various Perl scripts available on the internet, and many books on the subject. You do not have access to php or mysql on the server, and you may have to change the use of sendmail as above.

==Environment Variables ==