Access stats error messages

Anonymous — GMT

Hi,

I have been unsuccessful in getting Access Stats to work after trying for 3 or 4 days. I keep getting an "Internal Error Message" when I try view the cgi-bin/stat.pl file. Here is what I have done out so far:

I made sure that apache was set up for cgi-bin and wrote a little perl test script. Everything worked OK from a web browser. (ie apache, perl and cgi-bin are all set up and working correctly.)

Next I uploaded the stat.pl and log.pl files to the cgi-bin directory, and put the rest of the "stat" directory under my web server's document root (var/www). I changed the permissions on stat.pl and log.pl (chmod 755) and also changed the file locations within both as necessary (see below):

[code]
-------------------------------------
STAT.PL
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# url to script
$cgiurl = "http://localhost/cgi-bin/stat.pl";

# url to the image files without trailing "/"
$gif_url = "http://localhost/stat/gif";

# path to the log files from the server root without trailing "/" (chmoded to 777 (drwxrwxrwx))
$base_dir = "/var/www/stat/logfiles";

# url to the log files without trailing "/"
$log_url = "http://localhost/stat/logfiles";

--------------------------------------------
LOG.PL
--------------------------------------------
# url to the image file
$output = "http://localhost/stat/log.gif";

# path to the log files from the server root without trailing "/" (chmoded to 777 (drwxrwxrwx))
$base_dir = "/var/www/stat/logfiles";
[/code]

Also, I made sure that the files were uploaded in ASCII mode, and I changed the permissions (recursively) on the entire stat directory to 777.
I still got no where so I decided to check out the perl files like this:

[code]
% perl -wc log.pl

Name "main::value" used only once: possible typo at log.pl line 65.
log.pl syntax OK

% perl -wc stat.pl

Unrecognized escape \h passed through at stat.pl line 976.
Name "main::count" used only once: possible typo at stat.pl line 513.
Name "main::temp" used only once: possible typo at stat.pl line 365.
Name "main::minute" used only once: possible typo at stat.pl line 364.
stat.pl syntax OK[/code]

I had no idea what "\h" is supposed to be. After some checking I discovered this is a new thing in Perl 5 - it is for horizontal whitespace (click [url=http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/06/04/apo5.html?page=7]HERE for more information[/url]). I AM using Perl 5 (5.8.4) so I don't know why it didn't recognise the \h. Anyway, I removed it just in case... still no luck.

I really don't know perl and am not sure what else to check. I am pretty sure that I have all the relevant files in the correct places, the permissions are correct and my server is set up correctly. Any advice on what else to check.

Also, what is the deal with the image call that is supposed to be placed in the index file. Is this a normal way to make a call to perl or cgi bin? I am talking about lines like:

[code] [/code]

How can I do this from the command line (to test it out without using a browser)? I tried the following but it didn't work:

perl -w log.pl ref=noscript

Any help or guidance would be much appreciated,

Craig

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