hi!

your main problem seems to be that the code in the while loop doesn't get executed:
($file == "." || "..") is not the same as ($file eq "." || $file eq ".."), as the string constant </code>".."</code> evaluates true all the time and the whole expression is true.
you have to use eq if you compare strings, == is the operator to compare numerical values! always use the -w option in the shebang line (/path/to/perl -w) or use warnings; to to enable warnings, to notice nasty litte bugs!

Change that line in your code to something like this: 
while (defined($file = readdir(PARSEDIR))) {
    next if ($file eq "." || $file eq ".." || !-r $dir);
    ### [*snip*]
}

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hope to help,
snowcrash //////

In reply to Re: CGI Directory Lister by snowcrash
in thread CGI Directory Lister by Ranna

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