In order to use PERL scripts you need to
have us set up an executables directory, called the "cgi-bin".
This is the directory where any Perl script needs to be placed in
order to work. For security reasons this is the only directory from
where you can run Perl scripts. Perl scripts uploaded into the folder
called simply "bin" will not work. The folder called "bin"
is used by some of our systems to provide functions for FTP and
is not for Perl scripts.
Simply click here to request a CGI-BIN setup. Perl scripts will not work until we set
this up for you.
Once we set the "cgi-bin" up you'll find it inside your
"public_html" directory, or the root directory of the
website for which you needed Perl. Inside this directory is a script
called "printenv.pl" which you can use to test whether
Perl is working - it also gives you environment variable values
that you may find useful when configuring any Perl script you want
to install.
You should be able to access printenv.pl by the following URL:
http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/printenv.pl
Where "yourdomain.com" is the domain name for the site
the "cgi-bin" is set up for. If Perl is working you should
see some gobbletygook similar to the below:
