I need help with Linux and CGI files

[CrackaLackaZe]

I have a xxx.cgi, and when I open it with emacs, it's just gibberish. I don't know what language the script was written in, probably perl or c. If it was written in perl then emacs would have opened it fine right? So does that mean it was written in c? If so, how do I open a legible copy of the cgi file?

 

[Nothinman]

If the file was compiled and the xxx.cgi is a binary file you need to get a copy of the source code.

 

[notfred]

Some people think perl code looks like gibberish.

 

[CrackaLackaZe]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
If the file was compiled and the xxx.cgi is a binary file you need to get a copy of the source code.

eww

Originally posted by: notfred
Some people think perl code looks like gibberish.

 

[Nothinman]

eww

That's the point of compiled code, you compile it so that it can be executed directly by the OS intead of having to be interpreted first. Although it's really stupid to do CGI in a compiled language.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: notfred
Some people think perl code looks like gibberish.

*caugh*