Gents, I am having a problem executing some functions within perl scripts via relative paths. This snippet of code comes from an HTML file that executes a perl script via a relative path. When the user selects the option, the PERL script is executed. Works like a champ.

<option VALUE="./cgi-bin/test.pl?sys=WMD">
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However, on a different HTML page, I run into some problems. A form and submit button is automatically is generated by calling the following perl script:

<script src="./cgi-bin/check.pl"></script>
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fine The output of the above is a javascript file that is called later in the html document. That js file creates a form tag with a submit button whose action is yet another PERL script, as follows:

<form  style='margin-bottom:0; margin-top:0;' ACTION = './cgi-bin/upda
+te.pl' TARGET = 'FRAME2'>
<input type='submit' value='Update Page'></form>
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It's apparent the script begins to do it's thing, however the problem results when a "open" function is called within the script (as listed):

open (UPDATE, "../update/update.txt") or die "Cannot open update.txt";
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(relative to the perl script being called, the file is up one directory, over to the 'update' directory, then down to the 'update.txt' file.)
I get the dreaded "Cannot open update.txt" message.
The following is a rough schematic of my website:

    ROOT_NODE

html files    cgi_bin/
            all .pl and .cgi files are here
        update/
            update.txt is here
        jsfiles/
            all javascript files are here
        etc/
            other files
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I've checked the relative path from the working html document several hundred times and am convinced it is correct. The 'update.txt' file also exists in every case. File and folder permissions are not the problem either. The relative path simply does not work.
When I put in the absolute path, however, it works fine....
I also have the same type of problem when calling an 'opendir' function.
I'm using Windows 2000 Server.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Travis

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