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.

Cheers,
Ovid

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In reply to Re: activestate opens files from commandline but not when executed as a cgi by Ovid
in thread activestate opens files from commandline but not when executed as a cgi by Anonymous Monk

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