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Re: Re: Strange File Not Found Error
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 14, 2001 at 23:18 UTC
    Oops! Sorry I meant print `ls -l /`. (Hint: Many webserver are in chroot-Environment)
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      I'm not sure where you're going with this...

      The ls -l / prints out the / directory as expected. What's the enlightenment?



      FouRPlaY
      Learning Perl or Going To die() Trying
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        Better method: 

        $|= 1;
print join( ":", (stat("/"))[0,1] ), $/;

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        and compare these values between when run from the command line vs. when run as a web script. If they are different, then "/" is different in the two environment because one (probably the web server) is chrooted as a security measure.

        If this is the problem, then you'll have to copy the file to someplace under the web server's virtual root.

        BTW, `ls -ali /` is probably more what the original suggestion should have been.

                - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")
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        ls -l because of the dates (it could be a copy of the / dir)
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