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obrien135 Novice Nov 15, 2012, 4:50 AM Post #1 of 3 (14099 views) what is the difference between a pl file and a cgi file Can't Post What is the difference between a pl file and a cgi file? Do you have to convert a pl file to a cgi file before it can work (maybe in some cases; if so when?)? How do you perform such a conversion? George

EveryAuction New User Dec 4, 2012, 7:53 AM Post #2 of 3 (14001 views) Re: [obrien135] what is the difference between a pl file and a cgi file [In reply to] Can't Post I am not a Perl guru, but I have been working with Scripts for some Years. Programming with cgi is different from programming with Perl. But when it comes to a file extension .pl or .cgi, it does not really matter wich ending you use. You therfore may change endings from .cgi to .pl without a problem. Personally, I like Perl Scripting better, because it is more 'transparent' to handle, compared with cgi. I guess this is what you want to know, and since noone from the Guru's has replied, I did it in my simple and unprofessional way... Ernie

FishMonger Veteran / Moderator Dec 5, 2012, 8:35 AM Post #3 of 3 (13481 views) Re: [EveryAuction] what is the difference between a pl file and a cgi file [In reply to] Can't Post cgi is not a programming language. It's a set of specifications which specify how an application communicates with a web server. See RFC 3875 cgi programs can be withing Perl, PHP, C, and just about any other language that can read/write to STDOUT. (This post was edited by FishMonger on Dec 5, 2012, 8:36 AM)

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