Hello All,

I'm having some problem with the File::Spec module's rel2abs() method when working in a CGI environment, basically, when a call is made like this: 

#!/usr/bin/perl 

use CGI::Carp "fatalsToBrowser"; 
use File::Spec; 
use CGI qw(:standard); 

print header(); 
print File::Spec->rel2abs(__FILE__);

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via webbrowser - it'll just hang forever.

Via the command line, it'll come back with the correct answer right away.

Here's the ENV: 

bash-2.05b$ perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.2 built for i386-freebsd

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and, 

 
bash-2.05b$ uname -a
FreeBSD web2.host.ie 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #0: Fri Feb 27 10:1
+1:56 GMT 2004     root@web2.host.ie:/usr/src/sys/compile/WEB  i386

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Is there something I'm missing that may lead me to more clues?

 

-justin simoni
skazat me

In reply to File::Spec->rel2abs hanging? by skazat

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