help - im new to perl and ive downloaded 
a simple perl script that im trying to run
on my computer
-i use the updated version of indigo perl on win98
-listed below are the html and scripts
-can someone tell me where i am going wrong


note: if i add line 
open(OUTF,">>/cgi-bin/survey.out")  then no survey.out
file is created (i just get the "Couldn't open  for
writing!"       

if i leave the /cgi-bin/ out of the script then i get
a netscape error msg that says "document contains no
info - try again later" then a file called survey.out
is created in my cgi-bin however, no data is written
in it

your help in the matter is appreciated
thanks
Danny


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#!perl

print "Content-type:text/html\n\n";

read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
@pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);
foreach $pair (@pairs) {
        ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);
        $value =~ tr/+/ /;
        $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;
        $value =~ s/\n/ /g;     # replace newlines with spaces
        $value =~ s/\r//g;      # remove hard returns
        $value =~ s/\cM//g;     # delete ^M's
        $FORM{$name} = $value;
}

open(OUTF,">>/cgi-bin/survey.out") or dienice("Couldn't open survey.out for
writing: $!");

# This locks the file so no other CGI can write to it at the 
# same time...
flock(OUTF,2);
# Reset the file pointer to the end of the file, in case 
# someone wrote to it while we waited for the lock...
seek(OUTF,0,2);

print OUTF "$FORM{'name'}|$FORM{'email'}|";
print OUTF "$FORM{'howreach'}|$FORM{'rating'}|";

%boxes = (      "des" => "Website Design",
                        "svr" => "Web Server Administration",
                        "com" => "Electronic Commerce",
                        "mkt" => "Web Marketing/Advertising",
                        "edu" => "Web-Related Education" );

foreach $key (keys %boxes) {
        if ($FORM{$key} == 1) {
                print OUTF "$key,";
        }
}

print OUTF "|$FORM{'comments'}\n";
close(OUTF);

print <<EndHTML;
<html><head><title>Thank You</title></head>
<body>
<h2>Thank You!</h2>
Thank you for your feedback.<p>
<a href="index.html">Return to our home page</a><p>
</body></html>
EndHTML

sub dienice {
        my($msg) = @_;
        print "<h2>Error</h2>\n";
        print $msg;
        exit;
}

<html><head><title>Survey</title></head>
<body>
<h2>Survey</h2>
<form action="/cgi-bin/survey.cgi" method="POST">

Enter your name: <input type="text" name="name" size=30><p>

Your email address: <input type="text" name="email" size=30><p>

How did you reach this site? <select name="howreach">
<option value=0 selected>Choose one...
<option value=1>Typed the URL directly
<option value=2>Site is bookmarked
<option value=3>A search engine
<option value=4>A link from another site
<option value=5>From a book
<option value=6>Other
</select><p>

How would you rate the content of this site?<br>
Poor <input type="radio" name="rating" value=1> 1
<input type="radio" name="rating" value=2> 2
<input type="radio" name="rating" value=3> 3
<input type="radio" name="rating" value=4> 4
<input type="radio" name="rating" value=5> 5 Excellent<p>

Are you involved in any of the following? (check all that apply):<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="des" value=1> Website Design<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="svr" value=1> Web Server Administration<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="com" value=1> Electronic Commerce<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="mkt" value=1> Web Marketing/Advertising<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="edu" value=1> Web-related Education<br>
<p>

Any other comments?<br>
<textarea name="comments" rows=5 cols=70 wrap="VIRTUAL">
</textarea>
<p>

<input type="submit">
</form>
</body></html>


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