Timer CGI Script

• Timer logs then displays the number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds since the page was lasted loaded by a visitor.

• timer.zip (all files plus instructions in one zip)

• Script is released as public domain. For full Terms of Use visit my Use Policy

Open timer.cgi and set the variables

• Set the path to perl. On most systems it's #!/usr/bin/perl but varies by host
• Set the path to your log file. currently set at "timer.txt" but can be set to anything

Upload timer.cgi and timer.txt

• Upload all the files in ASCII mode (the cgi files MUST be uploaded in ASCII, and for the others it's preferable)
• CHMOD timer.cgi to 755 and the timer.txt to 766.

Call the timer from your HTML (or SHTML) page

• To call <!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/timer.cgi"-->
  (if that's where you put the script)