> -----Original Message----- > From: Maureen E Fischer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 2:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: exec statement > > > Hello, > I am trying to go to a script from within a script. This is > a Perl CGI > script and I want to transfer to various other perl cgi > scripts based on > user selections. From what I read I want to use exec for > this -- since > I want to leave and not return to the transferring script. The > trasferring program outputs a screen heading (as it should) and just > sits there --I get no error message -- it doesn't matter what name I > put in as the program that I am transferring to (even if I put in a > garbage name) nothing seems to happen. I would have expected > it to die > and give me a message based on the garbage name. This is the code: > > # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # > # PRINT HEADING > # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # > print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; > print <<Heading; > <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>CAE Solutions</TITLE></HEAD> > <BODY BGCOLOR="teal" TEXT="silver"> > <h1 align="center">CAE Solutions</h1> > <BR> > <BR> > Heading > > # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # > # MAIN LOGIC > # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # > > if ($work_type eq 'en') { > print "I'm ready to leave\n\n"; > # exec("log_enh.cgi $validemp") > exec("tslslslsestit.cgi $validemp") > or die "Couldni\'t go to log_enhi.cgi: $!\n"; > print "I'm BACK!!!! \n\n"; > }; > > Thanks, > Maureen
The exec will search your PATH to find the script, so you need something like: exec './myscript.pl', $validemp; die "Couldn't exec: $!"; In my testing, the die() would write to the error log properly. (Probably, you should specify the full path to the script and not make any assumptions about the current working directory when running under a CGI environment). Splitting the elements into a list here ensures that execvp(3) is called instead of /bin/sh. perldoc -f exec man 3 execvp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
