hi

I've written this perl script:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
use CGI;
my $query = new CGI;

# write the log
BEGIN
{
use CGI::Carp qw(carpout);
my $errorlog = "/var/tmp/errorlog.txt";
open(LOG, ">$errorlog") or die("Unable to open $errorlog: $!\n");
print LOG "Errors:\n";
carpout(*LOG);
}

print $query->header;
print "<html>\n";
print "<head>\n";
print "<title>ntop startup script</title>\n";
print "<STYLE TYPE='text/css'>\n";
print "h3 { color: red }\n";
print "a { text-decoration: none; font: bold 14pt/16pt Ariel, serif }"
+;
print "a:hover { color: red } /* when mouse is over link */";
print "</style>\n";
print "</head>\n";
print "<body bgcolor='#c0c0d0'>\n";
print "<center>";
print "<p><br></p>";
print "<p><br></p>";

`sudo sh /usr/local/www/cgi-bin/ntop/ntop.sh stop` or die "cannot stop
+ ntop: $!";
sleep(8);
$cc = `sudo sh /usr/local/www/cgi-bin/ntop/ntop.sh start` or die "cann
+ot start ntop: $!";
print "Status: ",$cc,"\n";

print "</body>";
print "</html>";

exit($cc);

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this script shoul execute the shell startup script,
but it won't work.

from command line I get following error:
# perl ntop4.cgi

Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
<html>
<head>
<title>ntop startup script</title>
<STYLE TYPE='text/css'>
h3 { color: red }
a { text-decoration: none; font: bold 14pt/16pt Ariel, serif }a:hover 
+{ color: red } /* when mouse is over link */</style>
</head>
<body bgcolor='#c0c0d0'>
<center><p><br></p><p><br></p><h1>Software error:</h1>
<pre>cannot stop ntop: No such file or directory at ntop4.cgi line 32.
+</pre>
<p>
For help, please send mail to this site's webmaster, giving this error
+ message
and the time and date of the error.
</p>

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I really don't understand, what's wrong.
the paths are correct and files are executable.

kind regards
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