File Permissions

2003-09-06 Thread Greenhalgh David
Hi All, I have a script which, amazingly, is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. It is taking user input, processing it and, over several iterations of the script, building a text file on the server. The text file itself is used as the input to a Java applet. All works fine on my local ma

Re: File existence under Microsoft IIS

2003-09-06 Thread Mike
Thanks Charles, You are correct - I won't be moving directories often, so I have incorporated your 'existence subroutine' suggestion into my perl program with absolute pathnames. It is now much tidier. Thanks again guys, Mike. - Original Message - From: "Charles K. Clarkson" <[EMAIL P

RE: File existence under Microsoft IIS

2003-09-06 Thread Charles K. Clarkson
Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : To elaborate, I had to set 2 path variables. One to : define the absolute path of the uploaded image files on : the web server, and the other to define the relative : path (from the perl program) to the image files. There is no need to use relative paths from

Re: File existence under Microsoft IIS

2003-09-06 Thread Mike
Hi Rob, After reading your reply and a bit more trial and error, I have solved the problem. I can now do a -e "$pathname/$filename" test (and other file tests) on my files. Thank you for your help. To elaborate, I had to set 2 path variables. One to define the absolute path of the uploaded ima