Bill, Thank you. I cannot tell you how much joy I experienced when I followed your tip and it worked. Thanks again. Bill Platt - Internet Musketeers, Inc. Deputy Director for Plans, Operations, Marketing and Systems http://GhostArticles.com (Promotional Article Creation) ------------------------------------------------------------------ $Bill Luebkert wrote: > > Bill Platt wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am a perl newbie. I have written maybe a half dozen scripts > > and I have spent some time seriously going through tutorials > > and other people's scripts to learn my way. With the current > > problem I am facing, I have spent most of the last two days > > online digging through perl archives on the web searching > > for a solution. I have even taken to looking at a lot of the > > cgi on my own server looking for clues. I am running Redhat > > Linux on an apache server with Perl 5. > > > > I want to be able to save a new static file from a cgi script > > on command. > > > > I know it is possible. I have seen people do it. > > > > As an example, I am trying to duplicate the article archiving > > feature on a site called makingprofit.com . I need this so > > that my team can fill out a form and place our archive files > > on our server. Right now, I am having to build all archives > > by hand. > > > > At MakingProfit.com, they have a form for articles that you > > fill in and submit to the site. At the same time as the > > information is sent to the server, the server will tell you > > that you can view the page at its new permanent address at, > > for example: > > > > makingprofit.com/articles/07262001-18.html > > > > OR at: > > > > makingprofit.com/articles/07262001-18.txt > > > > So, I want to be able to take the information from the > > form and make it into a html file and a text file. > > > > I need to find the way to take that information from the > > form, and make a new file called 07262001-18.html and put > > it in a directory on our server. > > > > Could someone show me how to do it? I know how to overwrite > > or append an existing file, I just do not know how to make > > a new one. > > Same way you overwrite a file. If it doesn't exist - it will be created. > > open OUT, ">$die/$file" or die ... > > -- > ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert ICQ=14439852 > (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > / ) /--< o // // http://dbecoll.webjump.com/ (Free site for Perl) > -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ -- _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list. To unsubscribe go to http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/subscribe/perl-unix-users
