From:	"Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Musenet@pineight.8m.com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject:	Re: CGI Problems
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Date:	Sat, 20 Nov 1999 20:56:27 GMT
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"The Advisor" <TheAdvisor AT cadvision DOT com> wrote in message
news:3833302d_4 AT news DOT cadvision DOT com...
> Hey all,
>
> I've got a problem with CGI and djgpp.
>
> I've made the infamous hello.exe to test out as a CGI script on my
website.
> As I can run any of the other scripts that came packaged with my http
> server, I should be able to serve hello.exe right?
>
> When I try to serve hello.exe from Sambar Server v4.3b, I get an internal
> server error, and from MS PWS  I just get a timeout, then my computer
> crashes.
>
> Any ideas on why these servers can't handle djgpp-compiled programs?

Some servers can only handle CGI programs *compiled as winconsole apps*.
They don't work with DOS apps such as anything made with DJGPP without
RSXNTDJ.

Damian Yerrick

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