How do I configure Web Server X to support Perl for Win32?
If your Web server isn’t listed, check the server’s documentation on how to set up a CGI interpreter. In general the process is as follows: • Associate a file extension like .pl with the perl binary, and let the server know where the binary is. This may be a shell association, as described in question 4.10, or a custom association. • Setup a directory where executable scripts go, and put your Perl script there. • Ensure that the user account that the Web server uses can read the script as well as any ancillary files (perl binary files, library files, modules, etc.). This usually means making the files available to the Everyone group. Because most Web servers run as services (see question 4.8), you need to take special steps to make sure that files and environment variables are available to them. [If you get a Web server not listed here working with Perl for Win32, please send me a message and I’ll include it in the FAQ. -ESP] 6.9. My program runs fine from the command line, but bombs o
