Linux to NT Open()

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

I have a simple script that I can't get to work on NT, it works fine on Linux, and Unix. Any idea why? The file exists in the same directory as the script, permissions are set to full-access, but it will not open the file.

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
open CONF_VIP, "VIP.txt"
      or die "Can't open config.txt. $!\n";
$vip = <CONF_VIP>;
print "VIP is $vip\n";
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Re: Linux to NT Open() by dws (Chancellor) on Aug 07, 2002 at 03:20 UTC
The file exists in the same directory as the script, permissions are set to full-access, but it will not open the file. For developement purposes only, add `use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);` to the top of your script. You should then see the error message (though note that you have the wrong filename in the die string).	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Linux to NT Open() by weini (Friar) on Aug 07, 2002 at 04:53 UTC
Hi, I guess your Webserver is not looking for your vip.txt-file in the same directory as your scripts is stored (probably \cgi-bin) but in the root-dir of the webpages (maybe \wwwroot). Try moving it there. HTH weini update: ... by the way: you get printed just the first line of the file (maybe you want @vip instead of $vip).	[reply]