#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use CGI qw(:standard);
use Cwd;
my $dir = getcwd;
print header, start_html();
print "<h1>Directory: $dir</h1>";
print end_html();
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You will note that the perl script's current working directory is the cgi-bin directory, which is most likely not what you want.

I just dont see the error.

Enrich your scripts with debug print statements sent to STDERR, and they will show up in the error log. It's hard to tell from outside what your issues really are; a perl script should be able to read absolute paths, the only gotcha here might be a chroot environment, and of course permssion issues.

It would be of help (to help) if you posted your apache config (stripped of comments to keep it short).

_($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo.  G°\        /
                              /\_¯/(q    /
----------------------------  \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."·
");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}