If you use the unc path, most of these problems dissapear. Also, the account you're running the script as needs permission to access the share in question.
Using mapped drive letters in a scheduled task probably will not work. Tony -----Original Message----- From: Smith Jeff D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 9:47 AM To: 'Tim Johnson'; Akens, Anthony; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Strange behaviour of chdir in mapped drives On the last point, does this happen even when using the Task Scheduler utility and running the script as a specified account? I'm working on a script that needs to run periodically throughout the day and intend to use the WinNT Task Scheduler--the script appears to run fine so far from the DOS command line. Are there special instructions for running it under Task Scheduler as a particular account? Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Tim Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:26 AM To: 'Akens, Anthony'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Strange behaviour of chdir in mapped drives That's exactly right. You will run into the same problem if you try running your scripts in the scheduler. -----Original Message----- From: Akens, Anthony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 7:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Strange behaviour of chdir in mapped drives Is the drive you're trying to access actually mapped for the user you're running the cgi-bin as? Remember, in windows drive mappings are a per-user thing, so while yes it will work when you run it at a command line it's because you're logged in and have the drive mapped. When you're running it through a web browser as a cgi-bin program the drive has to be mapped. I think if I remember right it actually needs to be mapped for the user the web server is running as, though it's been a while. It would probably be much easier for you to use the unc path. \\server\share Tony -----Original Message----- From: beginner beginner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 8:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Strange behaviour of chdir in mapped drives Hi, I have tried it through command line It is working When i used the same code and put the file in cgi-bin and try to run through explorer it didn't worked $basedir= "I:/tech/work/web/Documents"; chdir($basedir) or die $!; $test=`dir /s /b *.*`; print $test; If I simply replace I: with D: It starts working. Please help. Thanks, Amit --- "Jenda Krynicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From: "Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Beginner Beginner wrote: >> > Hi All, >> > I wanted to search for *.html file on Server which I can >> > mount in my Windows XP: >> > e.g. I drive mapped to tech\work\web\documents. >> > as I:\tech\work\web\documents >> > now i try to go inside this directory >> > as >> > $basedir="I:/tech/work/web/documents"; >> > chdir($basedir); >> > >> > but this is not working I have tried the same with my local drives >> > and it was working fine Don't know why May be you guys can help me >> > out to solve my problem. >> >> Hi Mr B. >> >> How do you know this isn't working? >> >> Perl will give you a reason for failure if you try >> >> chdir $basedir or die $!; > >chdir $basedir or die $^E; > >might give you more info. > >Jenda >===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== When it >comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and >croon as much as they like. > -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Jatt Email at http://www.jatt.com/ _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED], No Ads, 6MB, IMAP, POP, SMTP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
