Re: [cobalt-users] Internal server error

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> On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Chris L wrote:
>
> >
> > > I am having a strange problem with a cgi (perl) script.
> > >
> > > Any one any ideas ?
> > > Is there a way to get more details of what is causing the error ?
> >
> > have you tried pico -w filename?
> > add and remove a space, then save the file.
>
> Another cause might be that whatever editor was used one of the script
> lines wrapped around....which the pico -w overcomes.  I've shot myself in
> the foot many times letting a script line wrap.
>
> So, open it up with pico -w filename...and then look line-by-line for a
> broken line.
>
> Once you find and fix it, repeat at least a thousand times...."I will not
> split lines."
>
> Thom

You didn't mess with a header line like:
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
This is needed in front of any stdout that is printed and
sometimes this error is not defined for a header failure
correctly through the carp module, as uploading in wrong mode does too
(binary).

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