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Article #51Re: Perl script as default web page
From: Michael Dwyer
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 00:00
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In csu.cs Adam Carheden <carheden@holly.colostate.edu> wrote: : But what if I want my default web page to be a perl script? I could put : an http redirect in in the headers of index.html, but that makes the : back button not work (unless you're really quick), and I /HATE/ that. : This is for my cs web page, so remember in your answer that I don't have : admin access to the web server. : The question is worth 100 points. You have 10 minutes to answer. Step One: Assume spherical cow Step Two: Remove Battery Step Three: Try to add the DirectoryIndex directive to a .htaccess file in the directory in question. Step Four: Test Step Five: Buy Michael a Guinness Step Six: Cha-cha-cha And if that doesn't work, ask the admins to add it to that directive. Or you could always use a REDIRECT meta tag in an index.html file to immediatly redirect to your perl... -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Michael J. Dwyer Digital Watches are a neat idea! mdwyer@holly.ColoState.edu http://WWW.CS.ColoState.EDU/~dwyer/ Computer Science Major Amateur Radio Tech N0ZAP
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From: Michael Dwyer <mdwyer@holly.ColoState.EDU>
Subject: Re: Perl script as default web page
Date: 2000/03/31
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