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I am trying to install a banner exchange script on my server.

The problem is my server runs under LINUX, and when I change the setting in banner.pl with the Textpad and after Uploading it to my server. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK.

I am 100 % sure of the script and the setting, but is there any thing i should do to make the script work under my Linux Server ( p.s: I am using Windows 98 SE).

Thank you in advance

Are you saving the Perl script as a Unix file, or as a "PC" file?

You should be saving it as a Unix file.

Go to File, Save As..., and look for a drop-down box with options like PC, Unix, Mac. Select the "Unix" option, and save the banner.pl as that format.

Of course - it could be something else - like a missing semi-colon in the Perl script. Hard to say.

Another hint: Windows does not discern (is that the correct word?) between normal and capital letters in filenames, Unix does. Do you have any misspelled filenames in your script?

One more thing (it just came to my mind after I clicked on the "Post" button).

On Unix systems, scripts need to have the shebang-line, i.e. the first line should look like

#!/usr/bin/perl

(this assumes that the perl interpreter is called perl and resides in the directory /usr/bin)

Windows usually does not need the shebang line, so a script working under windows will not necessarily work under Linux (or other Unix derivates).

And one more: Windows uses \ to separate directories in a path while Unix uses /