Call .pl from within a .cgi

[ave13co]

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[Jeff Mott]

You need to declare it with my if you are getting an error that $alias has not been declared. What exactly do you mean by "the script does not know what $alias is"?

[ave13co]

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[Jeff Mott]

So $alias has no value. How are you setting the value for the variable?

[ave13co]

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[Jeff Mott]

Well... I can't tell how the variable is being set because all you posted is a print statement. Somewhere in your program you should have a line sorta like $alias = something;.

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[garfvader]

Hmm but your CGI needs to know somehow what $alias is in order to pass that to the pl does it not??

$alias is a variable that should somehow be determined by the cgi and then the result of that variable is passed to the pl through your cgi script, at least from what I see. I think that's why you're being asked where you're determining what $alias actually is. Otherwise all you're sending is an empty variable to your pl.

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