>
> All,
> My script goes like this...
> --------------------------------------
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
> $cmd = "cat file_one";
> $content = qx!$cmd!;
> print "$content";
> --------------------------------------
> I have a case where file_one is not in the same directory. So I give the abso
> lute path of file_one
> in place of file_one.
> When run it using perl on command line I get the contents of file printed cor
> rectly.
>
> But when accessed through browser (cgi-bin), I get nothing printed.
>
> I thought it might be path problem , but it is not. Because when the file is
> in same directory,
> it prints the content of the file.
>
> Can anybody let me know where I am going wrong?
> TIA
> tapas
>
First: Check permissions. Can the webserver process (probably running
as a de-privileged user) read that file?
Second: Is your webserver running in a chroot(2)ed environment, such that
/path/to/file_one is not valid from within its context?
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