launch simple perl script from browser

[kenny]

hi folks,

i have a very basic question:

how can i launch my perl script in the browser via address bar?

I used a shell with the command "perl x.pl" and it worked. the paths
seem to be set all right.... thx in advance....


yours, kenny ajram

 

[Tad McClellan]

how can i launch my perl script in the browser

You can't.

 

[usenet]

how can i launch my perl script in the browser via address bar?

file://c:\path\to\x.pl

 

[John Bokma]

You can't.

But I can

 

[krakle]

You can't.

You can't? But you can... Here's a tutorial that explains how you can
take advantage of your Web Browser so you can use HTML GUIs. It also
tells you how to you can bundle up everything in a nice EXE...

http://simon-cozens.org/programmer/articles/webgui.pod

 

[usenet]

Well, one way would be to install a web server on your system. Modify
the Perl script to function as a CGI program.

A webserver is not necessary if you want to run the script on the same
machine that it resides on. You may "run" anything on the localhost
with the file://whatever syntax in the browser address bar.

Of course, it won't display output to the browser... but the program
WILL run.

 

[Martijn Lievaart]

A webserver is not necessary if you want to run the script on the same
machine that it resides on. You may "run" anything on the localhost
with the file://whatever syntax in the browser address bar.

Of course, it won't display output to the browser... but the program
WILL run.

No it won't.

+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| You have chosen to open |
| |
| test.pl |
| |
| which is a: Perl script |
| from: /home/martijn |
| |
| +- What should firefox do with this file? -------------------+ |
| | +---------------------------------------+ | |
| | (*) Open with |OpenOffice.org Writer (default) |x| | |
| | +---------------------------------------+ | |
| | ( ) Save to Disk | |
| | | |
| | [ ] Do this automatically for files like this from now on. | |
| +------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| [ X Cancel ] [ V OK ] |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+

M4

 

[kenny]

thanks for your help everybody! i used something like you suggested but
the browser shows me the source code of the .pl
how can i run it. i thought i would use a typically configured web
server??

 

[kenny]

thanks for your help everybody! i used something like you suggested but
the browser shows me the source code of the .pl
how can i run it? i thought i would use a typically configured web
server??