in reply to Re: CGI and Perl script one file, passing arguments
in thread CGI and Perl script one file, passing arguments

open (IN,">", $query.".summary");

Check the script can write to the /cgi-bin/ folder by using

open IN,'>', $query.'.summary' or die "Can't open file $!";

For security cgi-bin folders are normally not writeable to by the webserver.

poj

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