Env:Solaris8, up to snuff patches, Iplanet portal server and gateway, just installed the newest perl5 -V "This is perl, v5.8.0 built for sun4-solaris", old perl was "This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for sun4-solaris". I get the following error when directly excuting fileman which I never heard of before this morning BTW. The guy who installed it is gone so the developers are hovering round me like vultures HELP...
I did change the line if fileman to reflect the perl change, it now reads '/usr/local/bin/perl was that the wrong way to do it, guess so cause I still get the same error.

Bareword found where operator expected at /iplanet/SUNWips/public_html/docuxp/cgi-bin/fileman.cgi line 13, near "/iplanet/SUNWips"(Missing operator before SUNWips?)
syntax error at /iplanet/SUNWips/public_html/docuxp/cgi-bin/fileman.cgi line 13, near "/iplanet/SUNWips"
Execution of /iplanet/SUNWips/public_html/docuxp/cgi-bin/fileman.cgi aborted due to compilation errors.

Thanks

A 505 is "HTTP Version Not Supported" - I have never experienceed it before so have no idea what causes it. I'm tempted to say it may be something to do with your browser but I really have no idea.

When you say your perl shebang reads:

/usr/loca/bin/perl

...you have #! there too?

It's a 500 error and yea the bangs there. Sorry for the error.

RichP

Can you post the first 20 lines of the fileman.cgi script, that might help!

Ivan
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Yep, here it is....

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
#/usr/bin/perl
# ==================================================================
# File manager - enhanced web based file management system
#
# Website : http://gossamer-threads.com/
# Support : http://gossamer-threads.com/scripts/support/
# Revision : $Id: fileman.cgi,v 1.7 2002/05/14 23:44:37 bao Exp $
#
# Copyright (c) 2001 Gossamer Threads Inc. All Rights Reserved.
# Redistribution in part or in whole strictly prohibited. Please
# see LICENSE file for full details.
# ==================================================================
use lib /iplanet/SUNWips/public_html/docuxp/cgi-bin/private/lib;
use strict;
use GT::Base qw/:all/;
use GT::CGI;
use GT::FileMan;
$| = 1;
local $SIG{__DIE__} = \&GT::FileMan::fatal;

main();

sub main () {
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
# Main process

Your use lib line is the problem. You don't have quotes around the path.

OK. You have to add quotes (indicated in red):

Almost but not quite :)

Thanks everyone, that fixed it. That was my first ever cgi edit I have managed to stay away from the stuff so far but it looks like those days are numbered. I was happy just setting up and taking care of the pix's, routers, sun's and adic robotics, hmmmm, maybe I fixed it too quick.

How different is this cgi stuff from shell scripting, looks pretty similar, in defense I guess a trip to B&N is in order this weekend....

Again, thanks alot

RichP

Perl and shell code have their similarities but also their differences (that was such a crap analogy )

I experimented for a while with shell code but found I kept trying to write in perl sub-consciously.