Re: File write/read problem

[John Delacour]

At 7:57 am -0700 24/9/03, Mark Wheeler wrote:
Yes, I am running this as a cgi. I called it from a web browser. IE 6 on a
PC. Yes, the script has no Mac line endings. I wrote it on a PC using a text
editor. I've done nothing different than I have for all my other scripts. I
just don't understand. Here is the  path:
tonedeaf.redirectme.net/cgi-bin/write.cgi

The script is in the /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/ folder. I can get
other scripts to run fine, but just can't read or write files. Any ideas you
may have would be greatly appreciated.
You simply don't have permission to write to the file.  Compare these two:

<http://cgi.bd8.com/cgi-bin/hello.pl>

#!/usr/bin/perl
$f = "test.txt" ;
$error = "no error" ;
$command = "open F, \">$f\" or \$error and close F";
open F, ">$f" or $error = $! and close F ;
print <<EOT ;
Content-Type: text/html
<h1>$command</h1>
<h1>--&gt; $error</h1>
EOT
#


<http://cgi.bd8.com/cgi-bin/hello2.pl>

#!/usr/bin/perl
$f = "test.txt" ;
$error = "no error" ;
$command = "open F, \"$f\" or \$error = \$! and close F";
open F, "$f" or $error = $! and close F ;
$s = <F>;
print <<EOT ;
Content-Type: text/html
<h1>$command</h1>
<h1>--&gt; $error. File Contents: $s</h1>
EOT
#