Re^2: perl -e problem

Glad you found your solution!

Next time, try a

    truss -f -topen perl ...

That'll give you a good idea of what files your process is trying to open and will likely point directly at the permissions issue.

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Re: perl -e problem by benizi (Hermit) on May 22, 2005 at 22:15 UTC
For others' edification, truss : Solaris :: strace : Linux. See: Monitoring and Tracing Unix Processes An strace command to do the same thing as the above truss command would be (sorry if flags aren't portable; strace version 4.5.9): `strace -f -e trace=open perl ...` Thanks for the extremely helpful tip merzy.	[reply] [d/l]