Hello everyone. Here is my problem: Running, Linux. I am trying to write a simple backup program to backup the data from a directory. The script works from the command line. But when I try to run the same script from the browser, it doesn't work. I get this message: "Data could not be backed up. Exited with the following message: No such file or directory" The error logs say: tar: backup.tar: Permission denied tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Can anyone please help me? Here is the contents of the script: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
    my ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,$atime,$mtime,$ct
+ime,$blksize,$block);
    my $command1 = "tar cvf backup.tar members templates reviews";
    
    system($command1);
    
    ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,$atime,$mtime,$ctime
+,$blksize,$block) = stat "backup.tar";
    
    my $DAT_SIZE = $size;
    
    print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
    
    if (-e "backup.tar") {
        print "<CENTER><H1>Backup complete.</H1></CENTER><BLOCKQUOTE><
+BLOCKQUOTE>\n";
        print "<H4>We recommend that you download the <BLOCKQUOTE><A H
+REF=\"backup.tar\">Data Backup File ($DAT_SIZE Bytes)</A></BLOCKQUOTE
+>to your local computer for safe keeping...</H4>\n";
        print "</CENTER><BLOCKQUOTE>Note: The backup file (backup.tar)
+ is in the same directory as your CGI Programs Data.  It is possible 
+that you may not be able to download it using the link above (.cgi-bi
+n directories will not allow downloads from them).  If you cannot dow
+nload it with the provided link, we recommend that you FTP into your 
+server and retreive the file manually.</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>\n";
    }
    else {
        print "<CENTER><H1>Data could not be backed up.</H1>\n";
        print "<H4>Exited with the following message: $!</H4>\n";
    }
    
    exit 0;

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