#!c:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -w

use strict;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
#die "Bad error here";
use CGI;
use CGI::Cookie;
use Data::Dumper;
use CGI::Session;
my $cgi = new CGI;

#Generating  a new session 

my $session = new CGI::Session("driver:File", undef,
                                    {	                          				

								     
                           #giving the directory where the session variables will be stored 
                            Directory=>"\\B2R6A056A\wwwroot\Amexpmo\login\amex\raman"
                                    }
				    ) 
#incase of any error the session close giving an error
				    or die $CGI::Session::errstr;


print $cgi->header;
print $cgi->start_html;
#print <<HERE;
#<b>jkasgdf</b>

use constant SESSION_COOKIE => "MY_SITE_SIDE";

my $sid = $cgi->cookie("SESSION_COOKIE") || $cgi->param("sid") || undef;
#creating a new session 


print "Your session id is ", $session->id();
  

# A cookie is being created which is then being send to the user browser

my $cookie = $cgi->param(-name => SESSION_COOKIE,
			 -value => $session->id,
                       #sessiion expires after 3 hours
			-expires=>"+3h");

print $cgi->header(-cookie=>$cookie);     


$session->save_param($cgi, ["userid", "password"]); 

# this line saves all the available/accessible CGI params
$session->save_param($cgi);

#using data:;dumper to print the session variables getting stored 
print Dumper(\$session);