Re^2: Bad File Descriptor ( apache don't know how to spawn child process )

The same Shebang line, #!C:/Perl/bin/perl, works on other cgi programs on this server. The location of the perl .exe file is as noted, C:/Perl/bin/perl, where perl is the executable .exe file. I will try both your suggestions but I don't understand why something might work one time and not the next.

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Re^3: Bad File Descriptor ( apache don't know how to spawn child process ) by Anonymous Monk on Sep 30, 2016 at 23:45 UTC
The same Shebang line, #!C:/Perl/bin/perl, works on other cgi programs on this server. In that case check file permissions. The error message you quoted does say "cgiprogram.pl is not executable" thats a permissions thing.	[reply]
Re^4: Bad File Descriptor ( apache don't know how to spawn child process ) by Milti (Sexton) on Oct 01, 2016 at 00:14 UTC
As far as I can tell the file permissions are the same on all the cgi programs, i.e. everyone has the minimum of read & execute. I tried the different addressing suggested earlier and it didn't work. Same error message seemingly suggesting the #! was missing. The program being called in this case is one that retrieves data from a MySQL database. Another program which inserts data into the same database is executed when called and completes its task. That program has the same Shebang line as the one that fails. The programs are located in the same cgi-bin and have the same apparent permissions.	[reply]
Re^5: Bad File Descriptor ( apache don't know how to spawn child process ) by Anonymous Monk on Oct 01, 2016 at 00:28 UTC
what happens if you rename the file? and starta newfile.pl, copy paste the contents into that?	[reply]


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