Perl question

[JD Austin IV]

I assume you're using Apache, in which case you would use the ForceType
directive in http.conf (something like this):
<Location /post>
 ForceType cgi-script
</Location>

This will cause the file 'post' to be treated as a directory as far as the
user is concerned, and run the file called post.  You need to look at
REQUEST_URI(everything before the first ?) and possibly the QUERY_STRING
(everything after the ?) environment variable and split it on '/' to parse
out the parameters.

I've done this with other languages but not CGI, so the type I put above
may be incorrect.
JD Austin IV

> We are trying to run a perl program where when you type in a URL or
> click a  link for a specific URL, that the path includes a perl program
> but it's not  viewed with the .cgi or .pl or other extensions.
>
> I am not sure if this is the appropriate way to ask this.  So, we are
> doing  something like this for the
> URL:   www.unitywave.com/testm.cgi?post/username/filename.html  But we
> would like it to look like
> this:  www.unitywave.com/testm/post/username/filename.html  In trying to
>  run this from the server:  perl testm.cgi, it works.  It also works
> when  you move testm.cgi to testm and run the same command using just
> testm.  But  when we go to the website, using that testm instead of the
> .cgi? it shows  the program rather than the output like it does on the
> server.
>
> We want to do this so that a path is shown to the customer, rather than
> the  extensions and characters.  However, I am at a draw as to whether
> this is  httpd.conf that controls this or if it's the program that is
> running, i.e.  perl or cgi.
>
> I would appreciate having responses sent to hotwater@minhthao.com.
> That's  my programmer Minh.  I will be in and out and may not be
> watching the list.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kimi Adams
> Unity Wave
> 602-375-5363
>
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