All Test Scripts

Script Location - require /cgi-bin/ or anywhere
File Extensions and Contents
All in /cgi-bin/ - Directory
(PHP)

1. Script Location - require /cgi-bin/ or anywhere

Per default, Mac OS X does NOT allow execution of Perl-scripts expect in one specific location, /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables.

1.	Script in /cgi-bin/printhello.pl. Should work also with default settings on Mac OS X (and Linux)
output:
	Output, one example Hello, World! $0=/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/printhello.pl $ENV{'PWD'}=
	More - - On Mac $0=/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/printhello.pl - On 1&1 $0=/kunden/homepages/41/d105562370/htdocs/comgt-com/cgi-bin/printhello.pl
2.	Script in 'any' directory, e.g. printhello.pl (same as this file). Need some reconfig of webserver on Mac OS X (10.5)
output:
	Expected result: On Mac: Default: Failure (Internal Server Error); Reconfig: Ok; On 1&1: working fine
	More - - On Mac $0=/Users/johan/Sites/comgt/inuse/lib/perl/printhello.pl - On 1&1 $0=/kunden/homepages/41/d105562370/htdocs/comgt-com/lib/perl/printhello.pl

2. File Extensions, Content

All in local directory, i.e. web server must be configured for this (default setting on Mac OS X does NOT work - all would fail)

Script	Description	Expected result on Mac
printhello-dos.pl	DOS-style linebreaks; w/o -wT; i.e. `#!/usr/bin/perl`.	Fails
printhello-dos-wT.pl	DOS-style linebreaks; w/ -wT; i.e. `#!/usr/bin/perl -wT`.	Ok
printhello-mac.pl	Mac-style linebreaks	Failure (Internal Server Error)
printhello-unix.pl	Unix-style linebreaks	Ok
printhello-unix-wT.pl	Unix-style linebreaks; w/ -wT `#!/usr/bin/perl -wT`.	Works on Mac; Fails on 1&1
printhello-unix-w -diagnostic.pl	With `use diagnostics;`statement	Failure (Internal Server Error)
printhello-unix-local.pl	Assumes perl in /local/, `#!/usr/``local``/bin/perl -wT`.	Failure (Internal Server Error)
printhello-unix-rw-only.pl	No execution flags, only read and write	Failure (Internal Server Error)

3. All in /cgi-bin/ - Directory

At least .pl - should work. The other depend on server configuration (and actual availability of script... all may not be available depending on if logged-in and script links has been created; ln -s xxx yyy.)

Lang.	Ext.	Script	Description	Expect
Perl	<none>	/cgi-bin/printhello	Unix-style linebreaks	failure
Perl	.bat	/cgi-bin/printhello.bat	With `use diagnostics;`statement	failure
Perl	.cgi	/cgi-bin/printhello.cgi	Assumes perl in /local/, `#!/usr/``local``/bin/perl -wT`.	failure
Perl	.pl	/cgi-bin/printhello.pl	In /cgi-bin/ directory	should work
Perl	.plx	/cgi-bin/printhello.plx	No execution flags, only read and write	failure
	.py	/cgi-bin/printhello.py		failure

4. (PHP)

I.e. Not Perl but PHP.

>	printhello.php
output:
	Require enabling PHP support on Mac OS X (10.5) - not active by default.

Updated 2008-08-25