Hi I have a very simple cgi script that I have put onto a webserver. I want to write to a log file when it is run. My problem is that the open file command always fails (and I get the "openFailed" message in my browser). (even if i try opening for input it fails). I have created the file called log.dat in the same folder as the script (cgi-bin) and set attributes to read/write using chmod.
Is there any easy way I can find out why the file cant be opened (is it permissions?). Do I need to fully qualify the filepath? if so how do I do that? Is it because I'm not allowed to have log files in the cgi-bin folder? Any help for an absolute beginner appreciated. steve #!/usr/local/bin/perl $Msg = ""; if( ! open (LOGFILE, ">> log.dat") ){ $Msg = "OpenFailed"; } else { $Msg = "OpenWorked"; #print LOGFILE $Msg; close (LOGFILE) ; } print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print <<"EOF"; <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Result</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <TABLE DIR=LTR BORDER> <CAPTION>$Msg</CAPTION> <TR> <TD>$Msg</TD> </BODY> </HTML> EOF -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>