From: Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 17:29:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention the "Windows ^N end-of-line character" problem
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Mention the "Windows ^N end-of-line character" problem


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1031092 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/howto/cgi.html.en b/docs/manual/howto/cgi.html.en
index 40b406bc66e..a52422de913 100644
--- a/docs/manual/howto/cgi.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/howto/cgi.html.en
@@ -346,6 +346,15 @@
       <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 3e6db04944d..c4df0a02d9a 100644
--- a/docs/manual/howto/cgi.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/howto/cgi.xml
@@ -357,6 +357,15 @@
       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">