[NTLUG:Discuss] perl cgi script question

[Jack Snodgrass]

On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 13:02, Geremy L. Hamlett wrote:
> One guestion, 
> 
> I have a couple of cgi scripts coded in perl sitting on a website.  I
> copied them back to my computer, that has no webserver running, and tried to
> run the scripts.  I opened a browser and open the html file that points
> to the script.  When I hit submit it just displays the perl script in
> on the browser.  It dosn't execute the script.  Is this due to the
> fact that I do not have a webserver running on my home comp? or
> something more complicated?
> 
> Thanks,
> gnuzealot

You can only run a cgi script from the web server. 
You also have to configure the web server to execute
the script. If you try and run a script that is not
set up to be executed, you'll see the contents of 
the file and not actually run it. 

jack