uploading Perl scripts

[gfx25]

Hey I'm using filezilla and trying to upload .pl files, is there anything different you would have to do with perl for it to work on your server or is it the same as any other file like html css or php.

[Charles Stover]

Try it and find out.

[gfx25]

Oct 9, 2009 4:50:37 GMT -8 Charles Stover said:

Try it and find out.

Good help!

[iDunk]

I believe I heard somewhere that for perl to run you must place it in your CGI-bin folder. But I don't know. :-\ Perl ain't my mojo.

-iDunk

[gfx25]

Oct 9, 2009 10:55:47 GMT -8 iDunk said:

I believe I heard somewhere that for perl to run you must place it in your CGI-bin folder. But I don't know. :-\ Perl ain't my mojo.

-iDunk

do you know if you have to make a CGI-bin folder in public_html or no?

[iDunk]

I think it may go there. I'm gonna SSH into my account and find out though.

Edit: It is setup in my public_html folder.

-iDunk

[gfx25]

My host may be a bit different from yours but I have

cgi-bin
logs
mivadata
public_html

Would it go there or would I go

public_html - folder - cgi-bin - folder - perl code

[iDunk]

Your host may have it setup to read files from there. I really haven't the slightest clue as to how you go about executing a perl script though. I guess it'd need a hash bang (#!/usr/bin/perl). But other than that... *shrugs*

Edit: I found a link that may be of some help. www.lies.com/begperl/hello_cgi.html

-iDunk

[Michael]

If I remember rightly from when I started trying some Perl (never got into it!) it goes into the cgi-bin folder! =/

[Charles Stover]

You should be able to put it into any cgi-bin folder. I'm not sure how to call it, though. But it's an Apache configuration that decides what folders to execute Perl in, and cgi-bin is the default.
I'd think the cgi-bin that's on the same level as public_html would be safer, since it's not accessible to the client (even though it can be set to not be accessible, it may not be by default since they placed cgi-bin in the same directory as public_html).

[gfx25]

would i make the folder in the cgi-bin or do i just put the scripts there

[Charles Stover]

Probably either works. Whichever you prefer using.