$output = $lineValue[0].".cfg";
  # begin untested code
  use File::Basename;  # May be moved to top of script
  my $output_dir = File::Basename::dirname $output;
  if ( not ( -w $output_dir ) ) {
    die "No permission to write to directory $output_dir\n";
  }
  elsif ( not ( -w $output ) ) {
    die "No permission to write to file $output\n";
  }
  # end untested code
  open(my $fh2, ">", $output) or die $!;