Perl CGI

The perlcgi framework can be used to run any CGI script, but (like the perl framework) it provides ActivePerl in the default PATH and supports module installation via PPM and cpanm.

Unlike the perl framework, setting the start-file option has no effect, because there is no permanently running application. A new instance of a CGI script is started for each request.

Perl scripts deployed with this framework should begin with the following line:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

Example

  • perlcgi-env: A simple Perl CGI script that shows environment variables.