[Xitami] Tseting CGI on localhost

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I've continued to work on this, and now have the Komodo debugger getting
invoked, but the execution location is in an IE temp internet files
directory, and still not getting the HTTP vars passed through.  Here's
answers to you questions:

1) This seems to be covered.  My HOSTS file (under Windows) shows 127.0.0.1
associated with localhost. Entering http://127.0.0.1/ in the browser address
line calls up the index.html file in the web server root directory, and
entering http://localhost/ there does the same.  
2) I use the GUI Xitami configuration utility.  Under the [CGI] section I
have the WORKDIR variable set to "-" which is supposed to cause the script
to run from the directory where the script resides. Sounds like the
DEFAULT.CFG approach is hard wired, but I'm willing to try it if you can
point me to some doc on it.
3) PL files are properly alliased, as I have no problem running
ActiveState's Komodo debugger in stand-alone mode. My PATH statement in the
environment is also set up properly.  It starts out with C\PERL\BIN, which
is what Xitami is supposed to discover and handle.

Bottom line: it seems that Ximeta is recognizing the script as just a file
(that it invoked the associated fil service on), and not a CGI script.  That
would explain the script running, but un the wrong location and WITHOUT any
of the HTTP environment passed in.  Do you think setting up DEFAULT.CFG will
solve that?

Thanks!
 
-----Original Message-----
From: xitami-admin@lists.xitami.org [mailto:xitami-admin@lists.xitami.org]
On Behalf Of RPO
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 7:13 AM
To: xitami@lists.xitami.org
Subject: Re: [Xitami] Tseting CGI on localhost

sounds like you have 3 issues: xitami config issue, WinXP issue and Perl
script issue:

1.  is localhost aliased properly?  is 127.0.0.1 selected as an IP address
that xitami will run on?
2.  did you set up you cgi-bin root directory properly in defaults.cfg?
what is the root path for you cgi-bin files?
3.  did you alias .pl files, in WinXP, to your /perl/bin/perl program - or
where ever you installed perl to?


----- Original Message -----
From: <jgdeitz@cox.net>
To: <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 4:36 PM
Subject: [Xitami] Tseting CGI on localhost


> I'm trying to test a Perl CGI program (form processor, POST) on localhost
> (WinXP).  I'm experiencing a series of problems:
>
> 1)  When I invoke the pgm.pl from a form with
> action="http://localhost/cgi/alwmsg.pl" it fails with a "Page not found"
> error; however, if I type the same URL into a browser the program runs,
but
> (see problem 2)
> 2)  When the program executes, it seems to be simply executing under
> Windows. Running the manual debugger, I see that none of the HTTP
variables
> are in ENV, and none of the form fields are passed in.
>
> I've set up a CGI Alias called "localalw" and associated the exact
directory
> where the Perl script is.
>
> I've also set two environmental variables to try to invoke the ActiveState
> Komodo debugger instead of the default one:
>
> PERL5LIB
> c:\Program Files\ActiveState Komodo 2.5
> PERLDB_OPTS
> RemotePort=localhost:9011 PrintRet=0
>
> But this does not work; default (command line) debugger still gets
invoked.
>
> My Goal: When I invoke the Perl program from a HTML page form, I would
like
> the debugger (Komodo) to be invoked for the program, normal HTTP/CGI
> environment variables to be set up for the program, and the output from
the
> program (an HTML page) returned in the browser.
>
> Any idea why HTTP isn't handling my Perl script?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
>
>
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