Very Computer

by **Michael Fu** » Fri, 28 Mar 1997 04:00:00

[cc to author]

>Apache give me the error message

>access to /usr/lib/cgi-bin/search_library.cgi failed for
>keng-ppp.hybrid.com, reason: malformed header from script. Bad header=

>when I try to run this script:
>#!/bin/bash
>#
># search_library.cgi - searches files for matching keywords using
># ISINDEX.
>#
>echo "Content-type: text/html"
>echo " "

^^^

The end of your headers needs to be a blank line, not a line with
a blank. Try this:

echo "Content-type: text/html"
echo
# rest of stuff

Hope this helps.
--
Michael Fuhr
http://www.dimensional.com/~mfuhr/

by **Ken Gaugle** » Sat, 29 Mar 1997 04:00:00

Apache give me the error message

access to /usr/lib/cgi-bin/search_library.cgi failed for
keng-ppp.hybrid.com, reason: malformed header from script. Bad header=

when I try to run this script:

#!/bin/bash
#
# search_library.cgi - searches files for matching keywords using
# ISINDEX.
#
echo "Content-type: text/html"
echo " "
#
# Check the number of cammand-line arguments by using '$#".
# If '$#' is zero, display the ISINDEX page. If '$#' is
# greater than zero, process the keywords that have been passed
# to the program
#
if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then

echo "<TITLE>Welcome to the Library</TITLE>"
echo "<HEAD>"
echo "<ISINDEX>"
echo "</HEAD>"

echo "<BODY>"
....... and so on. If I run this script from the command line it
seems to generate reasonable output:

Content-type: text/html

<TITLE>Welcome to the Library</TITLE>
<HEAD>
<ISINDEX>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Welcome to the Library</H1>
Enter search terms in the field above.
Separate multiple keywords with spaces
</BODY>

Can anyone suggest what I should check to figure out why this script
is misbehaving?

Thanks!

by **Jon Bloo** » Sat, 29 Mar 1997 04:00:00

> Apache give me the error message
[snip]
> echo "Content-type: text/html"
> echo " "

Change the line that reads:
echo " "
to read:
echo ""

Apache wants to see an *empty line* at the end of the headers.

Jon
--
Jon Bloom

Very Computer

Malformed header from this script?

Malformed header from this script?

Malformed header from this script?

Malformed header from this script?