When under a mod_perl environment, the directory that the perl script is started in can differ from the directory in which the script file itself is located. I'm not sure if it is always the case, but my mod_perl starts scripts up from the apache root (So in my case C:/Apache2/www/port80/serve/foo.pl is executed as though it were C:/Apache2/foo.pl). The simplest way to make it back to regular CGI behaviour is to change directory from within perl. So at the top of your script, you just throw in this line: 

BEGIN { chdir "/path/to/script/directory" }

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My foo.pl script as mentioned above for example, would include this line: 

BEGIN { chdir "C:/Apache2/www/port80/serve" }

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In reply to Re: cgi environment using mod_perl by Coruscate
in thread cgi environment using mod_perl by dsharvit

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