right, i am back. Let me define this 'one': The script returns the output i mentioned in the last most on both servers when execute as follows: #perl check2.cgi but only my local development webserver allows it to run via a web browser. it does not work via a web browser if i execute it on my web host. -----Original Message----- From: drieux [mailto:drieux@wetware.com] Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:40 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: GoryDetails on: error log message On Friday, April 26, 2002, at 09:07 , Mat Harrison wrote: > i have tried from the command line, on both server it returns: > > Location: http://whatever.the.url.was which is what we would expect to get.... > however only one works via web browser 'one' is an ill defined pronoun.... when I put the code that works up as a CGI on our webServer and invoke it - it sends me off to the CPAN ... that webServer is a linux box running redhat 7.1 and apache <someRev> - now what I just noticed is that if I invoke say file://localhost/Users/drieux/perl/CGI-Beg/sillyRedirect.cgi I get a 'listing' of the file in my OmniWeb browser - and IE goes out to lunch confused as sin... so a bit of 'clarity' on the "one" and where in the 'sever/webBrowser/code' sequence we should go to interpolate that pronoun.... ciao drieux --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.orgThread Previous | Thread Next