Counter Scripts

I have a friend with a cgi/perl problem, and I don't know a thing about that.

Would one of you maybe have a solution for him? We would both appreciate 
any help.

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Okay, hopefully one of y'all will be able to tell me where I'm screwing up.
I'm attempting to use the textcounter counter.pl script from Matt's Script
Archive (www.worldwidemart.com/scripts).  Here is how I currently have it
set up:

The main.shtml (the main pane of the initial frame of the index.html
frameset page) has the .shtml ending so it'll use server side includes.  On
this page, I have the following entries where I want the counter:

         <!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/counter.pl"-->
         <!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/counter.pl"-->

The counter script is in my cgi-bin directory, and the file permissions are
set to 755 on the counter.  Within the script itself, the following
variables are set:

$data_dir = "/data";
@valid_uri = ('/');
$show_link = "http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/";
$auto_create = "1";
$show_date = "1";
$lock_sec = "3";
$pad_size = "5";

I double-checked, and it's pointed to the right perl directory, so it's not
a matter of it not being able to find perl in order to function.  I've tried
renaming the file to .cgi, but that didn't do anything either.  I keep
getting the following as an output for the script:

         [an error occurred while processing this directive]

I've even gone so far as to rename the frameset index.html page to
index.shtml, to no avail.  I know Server Side Includes are on on the box
(double-checked with the hosting company on that today).

Any suggestions?

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Thanks mucho in advance

Kimiko Drew
macruimmon(at)earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~macruimmon/
a web designer in The Camarilla
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