OK, It looks like I have Apache setup and working correctly, including Perl, using mod-perl, and ASP. Now, I want to setup my website so that the scripts and the data they work on (that isn't taken from either a form or a database) live in directories outside htdocs (just as cgi-bin). But I have encountered a bit of trouble in that, when I use a script that does not need to read data from a file, it works perfectly, but I have yet to get a script that reads from a file to work. Note, it isn't getting the perl for reading a file that is the problem, since the script works fine from the command line. The problem is either where the script thinks it is running (which may not be where I would intuitively think it is, given all other programs I have written have been in compiled languages like C++ or FORTRAN) or it is a problem with permissions. Lets suppose that I have a hyperlink on my index page in htdocs which refers to a perl script in cgi-bin, and this script needs to read a file called mydata.dat (plain ascii, tab delimited, columns of numbers). Will the script think it is running in cgi-bin, and look for the data file there, or will it think it is in htdocs and look for the datafile there? And, if it will want to look in htdocs but I want it to look in cgi-bin, or some other directory outside htdocs (say, cgi-basic-data), how do I a) get it to look in the right place using a path relative to htdocs (e.g. "../cgi-basic-data" using a relative path I was able to get to work using VBScript), and do I have to do anything special to make sure it has the appropriate permissions to read the file?
I should say this is with the latest binary distribution of Apache with SSL, mod-perl, ASP, PHP &c. for Windows (and I'm runnign W2K), but I'd expect that this particular question doesn't depend significantly on the OS or the distribution used. Thanks Cheers Ted --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
