Re: Perl text file writing

you'll want to add the following beneath #!/usr/local/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;
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The above lines will make Perl tell you what is going on when your script runs.
Also look into the CGI::Carp module. That will direct any errors to your browser window.

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Re^2: Perl text file writing by chromatic (Archbishop) on May 25, 2006 at 21:15 UTC
I don't think that's helpful. Per my reading of the program, adding these lines will produce no significant extra output. Why not tell the querant how to test for errors?	[reply]
Re^3: Perl text file writing by sithsasquatch (Scribe) on May 25, 2006 at 21:44 UTC
Good point. A simple way to see if your script finished running is to add a few more print statements before your closing html tags, like so: `print MYOUTFILE "Testing 1 2 3"; #write text, no newline print MYOUTFILE "\n"; #write newline print "Wrote to file \n"; #if this doesn't show in the browser, #the script didn't write to the file close(MYOUTFILE); print "Closed MYFILE \n"; #if this doesn't show in the browser, #the script didn't close the file print "</body> </html>\n";` [download] In general, tachyon's CGI Help Guide has been invaluable when I was figuring out CGI. Update: Forgot to do ID tags.	[reply] [d/l]