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Remember to add an "or die: $!" (or croak) after the open. That will write a useful message to the error log.

    my $file = 'somedir/somefile.dat';
    open FILE, "< $file" or die "Cannot open $file for reading: $!";

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The problem is likely bad permissions. You run from the command line as a different set of permissions from the Web server. It's also possible that if you're running the file from a different location, your paths could be wrong and the system can't find the file specified.

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Ovid

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Re: Re: activestate opens files from commandline but not when executed as a cgi
by feanor (Initiate) on Jun 10, 2002 at 19:42 UTC
    To elaborate, I am using absolute, not relative paths, I do have a die after the open, no message is printed. The server is running as LOCAL_USER, the file permissions are set such that any user has full privileges on the file its parent directories.
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      Where are you looking for the error messages?

      Try
      use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
      to see the error in the browser, or check the server error logs.

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