in reply to unlink($ful) does not delete

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
my $thef = "f";
my $ful="../../../".$thef;
print "$ful\n";
unlink($ful) or die "unable to delete $ful: $!\n"

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Works fine for me. try printing param(f) and $ful before you unlink.

Ted
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Re^2: unlink($ful) does not delete
by daithimcc (Novice) on Dec 07, 2007 at 17:58 UTC
    No - that works fine for me if "f" was the name of the file. The name of the file is passed to the script from the browser:www.mydomain.com/..../ dfil?f=abcde
    In the script I then pick up the name of the file with
    $thef=param('f');
    when I print $thef everything appears the same abcde as if I had written $thef="abcde"; printing $ful gives the path exactly as it should be - it can even be recognised by -e $ful but it is not recognised by unlink($ful)
    So although they appear identical strings unlink recognises it when $thef was manually set $thef="abcde" but not when set using the parameter $thef=param('f'); even though they look identical and behave identically for -e
    I even tried chomp($thef);

    Thanks again for any help!
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      Did you try printing them? Can you post more of the code itself?

      also adding

        use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

      to the top of your program may prove useful.

      update

      And then in your code: die unless param('f');

      Ted
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      "That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved."
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