Python CGI programming

[Jay O'Connor]

seung-won hwang wrote:
> 
> FYI, when I type the following example, web browser just shows
> the source code..not the test string... How can I fix this?
> 
> #!/usr/bin/python
> 
> # Tell the browser how to render the text
> print "Content-Type: text/plain\n\n"
> 
> print "Hello, Python!"  # print a test string


Make sure that 

a) the script is in the cgi-bin directory for the web server.  If it's
not, the server will display the file rather than execute it
b) the script has execute permission set (although I think this raises a
500 error instead)

Take care,

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Jay O'Connor
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