I'm trying to port some scripts from an old server to a new one and it appears that the functionality of the CGI::script_name() function has changed when running it from the command line.

When running it from a browser session, it works correctly, but I have a number of scripts that run from cron as command-line programs that breaks because CGI::script_name() no longer returns a from when run from the command line.

Is this intentional or a bug, and is there a way to restore the old functionality?

Running the below script from the command line: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI;
print $CGI::VERSION;
print "\n";
print CGI::script_name();
print "\n";

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on the old working server I get: 
3.05
/var/www/vhosts/domainname.com/cgi-bin/testcgi.pl

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but on the new version I get: 
3.59
    [blank line]

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This is breaking bunches of scripts. Is there a way to enable the old functionality? Thanks!

In reply to CGI::script_name() changed or bug? by DiamondSea

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