a script running in my browser

Do you mean a script running on your server as cgi called by the browser?

Or are you talking about some java/javascript actuality running in the browser

For as far as i know, perl doesnt run in a broswer

In the first case i would first wonder what userid/group the cgi is running under. You may be trying to write somewhere that your userid has access to, but the web-server does not

In the second case, i would kinda suggest you just give up. There is supposed to be a very restricted environment presented by the browser called "the sandbox" and most activity outside that is curtailed. A quick google search has again suggested that writing files under the browser is not easy, one suggested sending what you wanted to write back over tcpip to a server process/cgi that sends it back as a downloadable file the user can then accept.

In reply to Re: Opening files to write in browser returns Permission denied by huck
in thread Opening files to write in browser returns Permission denied by Lady_Aleena

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