Mention the Windows end-of-line character problem.

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diff --git a/docs/manual/howto/cgi.html.en b/docs/manual/howto/cgi.html.en
index e1bd7064d10188497a6ea1f6f9b12a50a4cb7642..c5cfd3406e4ea64802dd37560af8051652ecab06 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/howto/cgi.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/howto/cgi.html.en
@@ -334,6 +334,15 @@
       <p>In addition, if your CGI program depends on other <a href="#env">environment variables</a>, you will need to
       assure that those variables are passed by Apache.</p>
 
+      <div class="warning">
+      When editing CGI scripts on Windows, end-of-line characters may be
+      appended to the interpreter path. Ensure that files are then
+      transferred to the server in ASCII mode. Failure to do so may
+      result in "Command not found" warnings from the OS, due to the
+      unrecognized end-of-line character being interpreted as a part of
+      the interpreter filename.
+      </div>
+
     
 
     <h3><a name="syntaxerrors" id="syntaxerrors">Program errors</a></h3>

diff --git a/docs/manual/howto/cgi.xml b/docs/manual/howto/cgi.xml
index 92c507775aecdfc2e555ceff642056ba63463b80..44ceffecd5752c52e8b8d4204c9bfec1cdfa9cf3 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/howto/cgi.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/howto/cgi.xml
@@ -346,6 +346,15 @@
       href="#env">environment variables</a>, you will need to
       assure that those variables are passed by Apache.</p>
 
+      <note type="warning">
+      When editing CGI scripts on Windows, end-of-line characters may be
+      appended to the interpreter path. Ensure that files are then
+      transferred to the server in ASCII mode. Failure to do so may
+      result in "Command not found" warnings from the OS, due to the
+      unrecognized end-of-line character being interpreted as a part of
+      the interpreter filename.
+      </note>
+
     </section>
 
     <section id="syntaxerrors">