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
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