[CLUG] perl prob

Mon Mar 4 16:20:30 GMT 2002

I tried Google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=bash+bad+interpreter:+No+such+file+or+directory&hl=en&start=10&sa=N
and found this:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-cygwin/2001-06/msg00104.php

what does ls -l /bin/sh* say?

Donncha.

Peter Flynn wrote:
> 
> Something screwy is going on here:
> 
> [cgi-bin]$ ls -l
> total 8
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 apache    peter        5051 Mar  4 15:49 iBtest.cgi
> [cgi-bin]$ head -4 iBtest.cgi
> #! /usr/bin/perl
> # Change the above line to reflect your server's path to perl
> ##########################################################################
> # This script checks your paths, prints them and also any environment
> [cgi-bin]$ which perl
> /usr/bin/perl
> [cgi-bin]$ ls -l /usr/bin/perl
> -rwxr-xr-x    2 root     root       708188 Aug 10  2001 /usr/bin/perl
> [cgi-bin]$ ./iBtest.cgi
> bash: ./iBtest.cgi: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
> [cgi-bin]$ perl iBtest.cgi
> Content-type: text/html
> 
> <html>
> <head>
> ...etc...
> 
> This is a default virgin RH 7.2 plus all updates.
> Your task, Foo, should you decide to accept it, is to find out
> why the f**k Perl won't execute when invoked via the shell...
> it won't work as http://localhost/cgi-bin/iBtest.cgi either...
> 
> ///Peter
> 
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