Since PERL is an interpreted language, the
first thing that a Perl script must do is reference the location of
the Perl Interpreter that is used to execute the script
To do so, you will typically use the
following syntax
#! /pathname/name_of_perl_executable
The "#!" is a shell scripting command used
to say that the file should be considered an executable file and
that it should be executed using the specified interpreter.
Typically, the Perl interpreter will be
located in either "/usr/local/bin/" or "/usr/bin".
Thus, the first line of a Perl CGI script
will usually look like one of the following lines
#! /usr/local/bin/perl
or
#! /usr/bin/perl
Of course, the easiest thing to find out
what the first line of your CGI script should look like is to send
an email to your sysadmin asking!
