running exec script.cgi from a cgi script

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm trying to use the exec function that loads another script with a .cgi extension (manager.cgi), which is in the same directory. This is what I have so far:

exec('manager') || dienice("Could not run manager");

In the above code, it results with the dienice subroutein returning the error message, as appropriate. I'm new to the exec function, and I cannot get it to work. What am I doing wrong?

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Re: running exec script.cgi from a cgi script by btrott (Parson) on May 18, 2000 at 03:05 UTC
You need to put the .cgi extension--it's not assumed. exec runs another program on your filesystem. So you may also have to use the full path to manager.cgi. `exec '/full/path/to/manager.cgi' or dienice("Could not run manager");` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: running exec script.cgi from a cgi script by merlyn (Sage) on May 18, 2000 at 20:05 UTC
In general, you can't just "exec" from one CGI program to another. The second program is probably expecting all the CGI environment to be set up properly, and the first program is expected to return a CGI response to the web server. So, you probably need to restate your problem in terms of what you really want to accomplish, because, "you can't get there from here". -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply]
Re: running exec script.cgi from a cgi script by mcwee (Pilgrim) on May 18, 2000 at 04:24 UTC
This doesn't really address the question you asked, but: Is it possible that do might serve your purposes better? The Autonomic Pilot	[reply]
Re: running exec script.cgi from a cgi script by zodiac (Beadle) on May 18, 2000 at 15:22 UTC
Make sure to set the $ENV{"QUERY_STRING"} as you need it before calling the manager. This is were CGI skripts get the data from. (or at least the CGI module.)	[reply]
Re: running exec script.cgi from a cgi script by BigJoe (Curate) on May 18, 2000 at 04:13 UTC
You should be able to just use relative path to the .cgi just make sure you have the complete name 'manager.cgi'. I found it is easier if you move your scripts that are all located in a dir together using a relative path. `exec 'manager.cgi' or dienice("Could not run manager");`	[reply] [d/l]