What to use?

Hi There

I just wanted to know what program i have to install on my computer in order to check the different perl and cgi programs i am using on my sites.

So i can chmod and test them, fix them and then upload them rather than seeing changes that don't work when they are up..

please let me know

here's what I do. I write/edit scripts in http://www.textpad.com

then I upload via http://www.globalscape.com (cute ftp)

if it doesn't work, I then use start/run/telnet.exe and telnet to my site, do a

perl-ws script.cgi

command and it writes and warrnings and errors. I hope this is what your are looking for.

If you are running win32 platform, you can download activeperl and test scripts on your computer. mostly works, but not always (depends what you're trying to do)

actually what i meant was

What can i install on my computer .. for example what type of software that will allow me to use my computer as a testing server for the scripts

For example i want something that will allow me to create categories like

cgi-bin
htdocs
etc

that's what i meant a complete mirror like server directory so i can test out all my scripts with the right root paths to other .html files .. and to see all is working well, without getting on the net all the time to test a cgi..

thanks

I would suggest finding out if your web host provider is running a UNIX or NT system and try to use the same OS as them. If you don't know or can't find the information on their website, you may try URL and click on the "What's That Site Running" link. After that, you'll know what Perl and Web Server to install to match their server the closest.

Bob

All of my hosts are using UNIX.. so is there anyway i could do the above..

The reason is as i explained that ofcourse the CGI programmers don't get connected to the net 24 hours when they are programming so it has to be some system where they write their stuff and in the browser they can type something like

URL

So what i need is just some description of the programs i would need.. is it a server will i need to install perl .. and all of that..


regards

What I have done for this type of setup is install a development system which uses Linux. Perl came with the Redhat Distribution I used. After that, I installed Apache Web Server. I followed the great article I found here on DevShed at URL to help me configure my server.

Good Luck,
Bob

thanks for that mullaney will do that