Gabriel A Weaver writes:
Hi all,
I am trying to install mapscript for perl and run into the following
error:
[terminal: ]$ perl -e 'use lib "/web/cgi-bin/Progs/lib/5.6.0/i386-linux";
use mapscript; my $map = new mapObj("DBs/MapData/world.map"); if ($map ==
null) { print "UTOH!";} else { print "IT WORKS!";}'
Unfortunately, I keep getting "UTOH", indicating I have a null pointer
instead of a mapObj object.
So far I have: a) verified that the world.map file is in the proper
location
b) checked permissions
c) rebuilt mapscript.pm after re-swigging.
Note, I am building with an older version of MapServer, a version from
1999, because I heard that MapServer 4 maps may not be fully compatible
with mapserver 3 data. Any help you could provide would be much
appreciated.
Gabe,
Here is a sample for 3.6.1:
perl -we 'use lib "/web/cgi-bin/Progs/lib/5.6.0/i386-linux"; use mapscript;
my $map = new mapObj("DBs/MapData/world.map") or die("UTOH!"); print "IT
WORKS!";
HTH
Lowell
