Gossamer Forum: General: Perl Programming: My Win NT server got problem with: print "Location: http://yahoo.com\n\n"; HELP

Nov 13, 2001, 9:59 PM

newage24

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Nov 13, 2001, 9:59 PM

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My Win NT server got problem with: print "Location: http://yahoo.com\n\n"; HELP

Hello !

I have the Win NT server - I don't know why the very simple perl code below doesn't work :

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n";
print "Location: http://www.yahoo.com\n\n";
exit;

I got the blank page Unsure

??? instead go to yahoo homepage.

I have tested this script above on Unix + other NT servers and it works well.

Hope anyone can tell me why!

Many thanks
New. A

Nov 13, 2001, 10:32 PM

sponge

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Nov 13, 2001, 10:32 PM

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Re: [newage24] My Win NT server got problem with: print "Location: http://yahoo.com\n\n"; HELP In reply to

Firstly, can you confirm that you hvae any Perl scripts working on your NT server, or that Perl is even installed? Secondly, Perl is most likely installed at C:/perl/bin/perl...

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Nov 14, 2001, 12:20 AM

newage24

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Nov 14, 2001, 12:20 AM

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Re: [PerlFreak] My Win NT server got problem with: print "Location: http://yahoo.com\n\n"; HELP In reply to

Hi !

Thanks for your answer !

I have some CGI scripts on my server and they work. I just don't know why I got error when I use the code

print "Content-type: text/html\n";
print "Location: http://yahoo.com\n\n";

It's strange.

Hope to hear from you again !
Thanks !

N.A

Nov 14, 2001, 3:22 AM

Andy

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Nov 14, 2001, 3:22 AM

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When priniting a Location header you dont need the content-type. Try;

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl 
print "Location: http://www.yahoo.com\n\n";

Andy (mod)
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