A Simple Perl CGI to Handle Input and Output on the Web

1. Download io_template.txt.

2. Copy io_template.txt to your Web Server.

   Macintosh Web server

   • Make sure Perl is installed and running on the server.

   • Use any workstation to open io_template.txt and save it as a Macintosh CGI with the name io_template.cgi.

   • Copy io_template.cgi onto the Web server, using the placement to determine the URL for the CGI.

    

   UNIX Web server

   • Reneame io_template.txt as io_template.pl and find out from your system administrator where to put io_template.pl.

   • Copy io_template.pl to the appropriate directory (executable). Use the path to determine the URL.

3. Use a Web browser to bring up this URL and test it.

4. If it doesn't work like this, talk to your system administrator.

5. Download the source HTML for io_form_template.html.

6. In the 10th line of io_form_template.html, change "CGI_location" to the URL of io_template.cgi (Mac) or the path of io_template.pl (UNIX). Copy io_form_template.html to you Web server and try it. It should work like this.