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BaroN NighT · Dec 5th, 2005, 8:10 PM

I'm trying to make a cgi script using perl to call a c++ program. I have all my programs in the same directory as the cgi script. This is part of the script that I have problem with:

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if($pairs[2] eq "language=Cpp" && $pairs[3] eq "datatype=ID"){
 $pairs[3]=~/.+=(\w+)/;
 my $ID=$1;
 $pairs[4]=~/.+=(\d+)/;
 my $studentID=$1;
 @getC=`./main.exe $ID $studentID`; #this is where I think the program fails
}

I tried to run the web page without the last line and it works. So I'm pretty sure the last line where I call the C++ program is where the script fails. But I dont know why, isnt that the way how you call a c++ program from a cgi script? Thank you in advance for your help guys!

Dec 5th, 2005, 8:10 PM	#1
BaroN NighT Programmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Posts: 60 Rep Power: 4	Cant call c++ program in cgi script. HELP! I'm trying to make a cgi script using perl to call a c++ program. I have all my programs in the same directory as the cgi script. This is part of the script that I have problem with: (Toggle Plain Text) if($pairs[2] eq "language=Cpp" && $pairs[3] eq "datatype=ID"){ $pairs[3]=~/.+=(\w+)/; my $ID=$1; $pairs[4]=~/.+=(\d+)/; my $studentID=$1; @getC=`./main.exe $ID $studentID`; #this is where I think the program fails } if($pairs[2] eq "language=Cpp" && $pairs[3] eq "datatype=ID"){ $pairs[3]=~/.+=(\w+)/; my $ID=$1; $pairs[4]=~/.+=(\d+)/; my $studentID=$1; @getC=`./main.exe $ID $studentID`; #this is where I think the program fails } I tried to run the web page without the last line and it works. So I'm pretty sure the last line where I call the C++ program is where the script fails. But I dont know why, isnt that the way how you call a c++ program from a cgi script? Thank you in advance for your help guys!