How to run your CGI programs?

Steps to Run Your First CGI Program:

Create the following directories in your home directory:
```
% cd
% mkdir -p cgi
```
Change the permissions of some directories:
```
% cd
% chmod 711 . 
% chmod 711 cgi
```

Write your first CGI program in directory ~/cgi

% cd ~/cgi
% cat > hello
#!/usr/bin/perl

$date = qx (date);

print << "EOT"
Content-type: text/html

<html>
<body>
<center> 
<h1>Hello World!</h1> 
The current time is $date
</center>
</body>
</html>
EOT
ctr+D <--- type control+D here

% chmod 755 hello

Open a netscape browser window, and type the following URL in location line:
```
http://kirk.cs.wichita.edu:6550/cgi/xyz/hello
```
where xyz is your account name. Type the return key and you will see the "hello world" string displayed on the screen.