my $OUTFILE_file_name = "../user_log/".$req_id."\.txt"; open ( OUTFILE, '>', $OUTFILE_file_name ) or die "$0 : failed to open output file $OUTFILE_file_name : $!\n"; print OUTFILE $uemail; close ( OUTFILE ); # close output file #### failed to open output file ../user_log/22410.txt : Permission denied