Running Perl on UNIX

We assume that a Perl Script has been created and tested on a Macintosh in MacPerl.

To run a CGI Perl script on UNIX, Simply:

• FTP (use Fetch) the Perl Script (this the .pl) to the appropriate cgi-bin directory on UNIX (project or public).
• Put associated HTML file in appropriate html directory on UNIX (project or public).
• Reference Perl script either via
  • a FORM -- Make sure URL is the Correct UNIX URL
  • Directly with a URL
• The URL is either or http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Project-bin/A.B.Surname/cgi_script/file.pl http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/User-bin/A.B.Surname/file.pl.