Perl directory confusion

[xoggoth]

Another amateur webby question. I'm trying to use a form mailer hosted on my site instead of Worldpay's default mailer so I can tailor the order report better.

I am correctly referencing a perl script on submit since it comes up in address bar but getting page error even with a script untouched by me. I think perl needs to be in a specific directory? Tried bunging in root and cgi-bin but same result.

Hosters list the technical details below, but not quite sure what they mean. I assume the root directory is /home/mysite/public_html so bunging in cgi-bin is correct. How would I put anything in usr/bin/perl anyway even assuming I should?

Cheers for any clarifications

technical data:
Path to cgi-bin: /home/mysite/public_html/cgi-bin
Path to Perl: /usr/bin/perl


PS Why have I got a little green arrowy thing???

[NickFitz]

Another amateur webby question. I'm trying to use a form mailer hosted on my site instead of Worldpay's default mailer so I can tailor the order report better.

I am correctly referencing a perl script on submit since it comes up in address bar but getting page error even with a script untouched by me. I think perl needs to be in a specific directory? Tried bunging in root and cgi-bin but same result.

Hosters list the technical details below, but not quite sure what they mean. I assume the root directory is /home/mysite/public_html so bunging in cgi-bin is correct. How would I put anything in usr/bin/perl anyway even assuming I should?

Cheers for any clarifications

technical data:
Path to cgi-bin: /home/mysite/public_html/cgi-bin
Path to Perl: /usr/bin/perl


PS Why have I got a little green arrowy thing???

What error are you getting exactly?

There are a couple of obvious possibilities:

1. Ensure that the first line of the script reads #!/usr/bin/perl - this ensures that the system knows where to look for the Perl interpreter.
2. Ensure that the file is executable - Unix systems require the file to have an "executable" bit set. Your FTP client should be able to help you with this; try right-clicking on the remote file and looking at the "Properties" (although it depends what you're using to upload the file, so it's hard to be more specific).

If none of that helps, giving more details of the error would be helpful

[xoggoth]

Doh!

Cheers NickFitz, I forgot to set the permissions! Don't do enough of this sort of stuff to remember these things. It's Working now

[NickFitz]

Doh!

Cheers NickFitz, I forgot to set the permissions! Don't do enough of this sort of stuff to remember these things. It's Working now

HTH

[xoggoth]

Not that's it got me anywhere as belatedly realised that all the rubbish sent reflects what is in all the hidden fields is in their form and just changing the mail program won't help at all. Bah!

Possibly.