in reply to activestate opens files from commandline but not when executed as a cgi

THE ANSWER IS: use single quotes, not double quotes in the open() statement.

So:
open(HEADER, 'D:\path\to\file\file.txt') || die ("$!"); This works!

NOT: open(HEADER, "D:\path\to\file\file.txt") || die ("$!"); This doesn't work!
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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 21:47 UTC
    or escape the slashes, of course
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