Compiled C Executables As CGI Scripts

[jonedgeworth]

I recently installed the Abyss web server and all was great till I tried to get a CGI script to run.

I created a (very simple) c program - taken from a CGI tutorial at howstuffworks.com then compiled it using gcc (creating the executable file cgi_try.cgi) and placed it in the /cgi-bin/ directory of my server root. It compiled ok and gives the correct ouput when run under ms dos. However, when accessed through a browser the browser displays an "internal server error", error 500.

It seems that the CGI script is being run, as when the link to it from the page is clicked a DOS window is opened up briefly (with the heading ABYSSWS).

I have a dial up connection and I am running Abyss under windows Me. The browser I am using is Microsoft Explorer. Im pretty sure I have all the CGI paths correct and the script I am running is error free, it's exactly the same as given on the tutorial site, compiled in exactly the same way - and their version works.

Anyone got any ideas? Any help would be much appreciated - its been bugging me for hours now!

Jon :?

[aprelium]

CGI Executables under windows must have the .exe extension. Assume your executable is called test.exe. Put it in cgi-bin/ subdirectory (found in the directory whre you installed Abyss) and check that /cgi-bin is declared in the CGI Paths table. Next browse http://yoursite/cgi-bin/test.exe to see the result.

You can also test the following test.c:

[jonedgeworth]

Thanks for the help, the executables were .exe files anyway.

Have solved the problem, was compiling the files using gcc but then compiled them using the compiler with Dev-C++. For some reason they then worked fine (both as .cgi and .exe files).