[Xitami] CGI Perl scripts

[Bruce]

On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 22:02:17 +1300, you wrote:

>In message <jn9t2u0l34luek81hhu1h00somm8okh32h@4ax.com>, Bruce writes:
>>$cgiurl 
>>The url portion of the address to the guestbook.pl file The file
>>guestbook.pl needs to be placed in your server's cgi-bin and chmoded
>>read/execute for users of your httpd. (chmod a+rx) 
>>
>>to a "guestbook.pl script being used under Xitami?
>
>Put it in Xitami's CGI-BIN directory, make sure you have Perl installed,
>and that the Perl executable is on your PATH (eg c:\perl\bin is in your
>PATH).  If you're running on Windows then Xitami will treat things in
>the cgi-bin directory that have a #! line as their first line that
>mentions "perl" in it, as perl programs to run; the chmod is not
>necessary under Windows (it's a unix/linux thing).
>


   Thanks Ewen, here is another one for U, if U don't mind.
In the following Perl script snipet, where would the URL
be fit in exactly..

======================>

<a href=\"$guestbookurl\">Guestbook</a>

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Also what do U mean by the term 


>   "have a #! line as their first line"


Which line and where is it found?

Xitami for Dummies-

Bruce