In article <[log in to unmask]>, "Kevin Hock"
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> I've been trying to use SSI now for the last few hours, and I must be
> missing something.  I'm using <!--exec cgi="cgi/accesses.pl" --> where
> accesses.pl is a valid, working Perl script, since I've checked it from the
> command line.  I've used both the .shtml and .htmlx extension for the html
> file, and yet the SSI does not get processed, instead it just comes right
> out in the html file that the browser receives.  Am I missing something here
> / do I need to set something up on the VAX to allow me to do this?  Or can
> the VAX not exec?  I know there is an echo var command I can use, but I'm
> trying to learn this other way.

Unfortunately, the "Vax" doesn't support the exec SSI option.

There are 2 workarounds that I can think of:

  1) Implement the entire page as a CGI.
or
  2) If your accesses.pl program is returning a graphic, recode it as a
       IMG SRC instead and then make your accesses.pl program a CGI.

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                                     Kent Covert, Software Coordinator
                                     Miami Computing and Information Services
                                     Miami University, Oxford, OH
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