newbie simple exec problems

[Michael Hudson]

Matthew Barre <mbarre at mac.com> writes:

> I have been learning python on my mac, and I just setup a RH6.1 box on my
> little LAN to practice Python as a cgi tool etc. Well the cgi thing has me
> completely baffled and right now I can't even get a Hello World script to
> run at the prompt ie:
> 
> $hello.py
> bash:unrecognized command
> 
> I have tried chmod 0755 hello.py and
> chmod a+x hello.py
> 
> The first line of the file is
> #!/usr/bin/python
> 
> which is where I checked and that's where python is. I'm baffled. Right now
> if I try to get a cgi the browser just prints the script...ack...what am I
> doing wrong?
> 
> -Matt
> ---------
> "Ray! When someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!!" -Winston Zedmore
> 

Try

$ ./hello.py

`.' may well not be on your $PATH...

HTH, HAND
Michael

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