Not the obvious - opening files with activestate perl

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

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Re: Not the obvious - opening files with activestate perl by ignatz (Vicar) on Jun 10, 2002 at 20:18 UTC
Dearest Feanor, You might want to take a glance at How (Not) To Ask A Question. It has a lot of great advice. Our brother CrazyInsomniac's homenode has a lot of good advice on it too. UPDATE: For those wanting a little closure on this node, see activestate opens files from commandline but not when executed as a cgi where Feanor answers his own question. ()-() \"/ `	[reply]
Re: Not the obvious - opening files with activestate perl by rbc (Curate) on Jun 10, 2002 at 20:16 UTC
have you consider the possibilty that this may be a iis configuration issue instead of a perl code issue?	[reply]
Re: Not the obvious - opening files with activestate perl by Jenda (Abbot) on Jun 10, 2002 at 23:06 UTC
Create a minimal failing script and post it here, please. Jenda@Krynicky.cz	[reply]
Re: Not the obvious - opening files with activestate perl by strat (Canon) on Jun 11, 2002 at 10:54 UTC
Some years ago I had similar problems with IIS (and also Apache) and paths under WindowsNT (but never under Linux or Solaris). The problem was that the script didn't know which was the actual directory (it was webroot for some users), and even using an absolute directory didn't help. I overcame this problem by using some environmentvariables to find out the actual path: either DOCUMENT_ROOT and SCRIPT_NAME or SCRIPT_FILENAME (I can't remember exactly) (and killed the filename). I found the problem by using opendir(DIR, "./") and printing the filenames of that directory. Perhaps, use FindBin qw($Bin); my $scriptDir = $Bin; might work to "set" the actual directory to the directory where the cgi-script is situated and then work with relative paths. (I just didn't know this solutions some years ago). Maybe there are better solutions, but for I hardly write Webapplications, I don't know much about webservers and the like... Best regards, perl -e "s>>F>e=>y)\martinF)stronat)=>print,print v8.8.8.32.11.32"	[reply]
Re: Not the obvious - opening files with activestate perl by talexb (Chancellor) on Jun 11, 2002 at 13:26 UTC
To echo strat's answer, write the simplest possible CGI that displays the current directory. You can use `pwd` on Linux, and `cd` on Windows NT. I have come across the same problem -- building a web site on Windows NT can be a gruesome experience. Sort of like getting back into dating after a failed marriage, it's a mixture of excitement and horror. --t. alex "Nyahhh (munch, munch) What's up, Doc?" --Bugs Bunny	[reply] [d/l] [select]
(OT) Re: Re: Not the obvious - opening files with activestate perl by Jenda (Abbot) on Jun 11, 2002 at 14:20 UTC
I wonder ... dating ever was anything but horror? Jenda@Krynicky.cz	[reply]