Doug Loud wrote: > > > Morning - > > For many years, in the unix/perl world I could set up a perl/cgi web page to > use a bunch of subroutines that were available to my perl based web pages > with this command: > > require "/Includes/XYZ.pl";
Works for me. You have to be on the same drive for it to work without the drive letter. You could also try using 'do' instead of 'require'; Try taking the same path and doing an open on it to make sure it's legit. open IN, "/Includes/XYZ.pl" or die "open: $!"; print <IN>; close IN; > where XYZ.pl contained several subroutines to be used in the web page as > needed. > > In the windows world, however, when I try the same thing, I get an error > telling me that the system "Can't locate /Includes/XYZ.pl in @INC ". > > Currently, the XYZ.pl file does live in the Includes directory, and looks > like this (for now): You need to add a 1; to the end of your required file. -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / ) /--< o // // Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (My Perl/Lakers stuff) _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs