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in reply to Debugging cgi-bin script

I suspect, given the description of how the behavior differs from one system to the next, combined with the fact that simply adding a 'print' here and there changed the behavior, that you're suffering from buffering. You could try setting The special variable, $| to a true value to disable buffering on STDOUT, or just be sure to flush the output buffer with a newline at appropriate times.


Dave

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Re^2: Debugging cgi-bin script
by walkingthecow (Friar) on Jan 06, 2013 at 01:04 UTC
    One of the first things merlyn's script does (and mine as well) is sets $| to true with $|++. I still think it's possible that it could somehow be a buffering issue though.