OK, that makes perfect sense, but it is not working here. Here is a basic script which, when run, should create a new file called example.txt because it is not there when the open statement is used.
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "Creating new file...";
my $newtext = "newtext from old";
open (USER,"> example.txt"); print USER $newtext; close USER;
exit;
As you've said, it should create the file in the same directory, in this case the cgi-bin, as the script (which is called write.cgi). I run the call the script from the browser and the script runs fine, except, no file is created. I added a "|| die ($!)" at the file open call and add the CGI::CARP qw(fatalToBowser) at the top and get the following.
Permission denied at /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/write.cgi
All the permissions for each of these directories are 755. Something is a miss. So what can I do?! I'm very confused.
Who owns the directories? The Web server runs as user www (unless you're not running the stock httpd). That's probably your problem.
HTH,
Paul.
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