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Q164144: Perl Engine Does Not Allow Spaces in Directory or Script Name

Article: Q164144
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 2.00
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop
Last Modified: 05-MAY-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Your browser may return the following error message:

  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 "D:\InetPub\wwwroot\": No such file or directory

CAUSE
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The directory name within the Perl script has a space in it, or the script name
has a space in it.

When you try to run the script, the Perl engine only sees the first half of the
script name.

WORKAROUND
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Remove any spaces in the directory path names or any spaces in the script name.
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Keywords          : kbinterop 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis200
Version           : 2.00
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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