Re^2: flat file problem

Was I naive in doing this?

$working_dir = $0;
$working_dir =~ s#(.*)/.*$#$1#;
chdir $working_dir;
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Honestly, on submit, I get a confirmation page and an email, but no flat file (that's why I am pulling my hair out). I also made certain it was the correct cgi. I have never had a flat file give me fits like this! I might have to dig deeper into this new development server, I will run Devel::Trace right now.

update:BINGO! It was a problem with the development server. I had the form on the production side and the cgi on the development side. After running Devel::Trace I saw where everything was going and that solved the problem (once the flatfile was created manually and placed on production side, it worked). Thank you all for the help.

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Re^3: flat file problem
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Oct 28, 2004 at 08:49 UTC

File::Spec->dirname( File::Spec->rel2abs(__FILE__))

^{(dirname not official part of File::Spec, get it from here)}

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