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Q150835: Troubleshooting CGI Error

Article: Q150835
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): winnt:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup
Last Modified: 12-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you submit an HTML form or click a link to a script from the web browser,
you may receive an error similar to the following:

  CGI Error

  The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete
  set of HTTP headers. The headers it did return are:

  Can't open perl script "c:\inetsrv\wwwroot\scripts\test.pl":
  No such file or directory

CAUSE
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This error is caused by missing or malformed CGI header information. In this
case the headers are missing because the script file could not be run, resulting
in that error message being displayed instead of the output from the script.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Specification calls for the script file to
return at least one header. These headers fill out the remainder of the HTTP
headers as required by the HTTP protocol. The HTTP protocol also requires a
blank line between the end of the headers and the start of the document. The
only headers currently supported by the CGI specification are:

  Content-type:
  Location:
  STATUS

Additional information about these headers can be found in the HTTP Protocol and
CGI Protocol draft specifications available at http://www.w3.org.

You can also see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

  Q150629 : Configuring and Testing a PERL Script with Internet Information
  Server (IIS)

REFERENCES
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  Q238788 How to Debug CGI Applications Running Under IIS

Additional query words: cgi prodiis1

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Keywords          : kbsetup 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis100
Version           : winnt:1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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