Re: htsearch not running from a search.html file

Graeme Nichols <[email protected]> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:11:28 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.htdig.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

Vorl=E4nder wrote:
> Graeme,
> =

>> Further to my enquiry yesterday I have managed to locate the sample =

>> search.html file but htsearch still does not run. I get a small window
>> which says;
>>
>> You have chosen to open
>>
>> HTSEARCH
>>
>> which is a: BIN file
>>
>> from /cgi-bin
>>
>> Would you like to save this file?
> =

> This points to your webserver configuration: the settings for the
> cgi-bin directory are not correct, if it doesn't execute htsearch
> but rather wants to serve it.

I have double checked my web server config file and it is set up =

correctly to run cgi programs. Other cgi programs run with no errors; it =

is only htsearch which, to me, means that it is a problem peculiar to =

htdig. I still get the above error.

> =

>> If I run htsearch from the command line without options I am asked for =

>> the word to search for, then the text/html type and then I am presented =

>> with the search results in html code. This code appears to not have any =

>> sort of wrapper that supplies the opening and closing code for a standal=
one
>> web page.
> =

> What more than "html code" do you refer to that a "standalone web page" n=
eeds?
> =

> Apart from that, it shows at least a separate line "Content-Type: text/ht=
ml",
> I'm pretty sure (can't test right now).

The output from the command line has nothing but the body code. It is =

missing all the opening and closing code normal to a html page.

I have been reading and scratching my head for two days now. I am hoping =

someone can help me.


-- =

Kind regards,

Graeme Nichols.
...
Registered Linux User 381781 (http://counter.li.org/)

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