Re: Path of root directory on production server

2001-10-29 Thread RaFaL Pocztarski
_brian_d_foy wrote: > DOCUMENT_ROOT is not necessarily where CGI scripts go. instead > of everyone suggesting that the poster guess by running simple > minded programs, suggest that the poster ask the system > administrator, or read the server configuration file. :) Well... Good point. We were

Re: Path of root directory on production server

2001-10-23 Thread _brian_d_foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Prashant Kukde wrote: > > I want to load my perl/ CGI script on production server. But, I dont know > > the root path... > > Is there anyway to get it using perl script or CGI script ?? > if you're running apache, you can get the doc

Re: Path of root directory on production server

2001-10-23 Thread fliptop
Prashant Kukde wrote: > > Hi , > I want to load my perl/ CGI script on production server. But, I dont know > the root path... > Is there anyway to get it using perl script or CGI script ?? if you're running apache, you can get the document root from the environment variables: print "Document

Re: Path of root directory on production server

2001-10-23 Thread RoadRaat
In a message dated Tue, 23 Oct 2001 1:16:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tom poe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > $pwd = `pwd`; > print "The Password is: $pwd\n"; > Huh? I don't get it. pwd doesn't mean "password". It's "present working directory". And how can you not know the path you need o

Re: Path of root directory on production server

2001-10-23 Thread Stephan Tinnemeyer
Minor bug: tom poe wrote: > > $pwd = `pwd`; > print "The Password is: $pwd\n"; > The Unix command "pwd" has nothing to do with passwords. It stands for "Path to Working Directory". Cheers Stephan -- Dipl.-Chem. Stephan Tinnemeyer Lindenallee 20 24105 Kiel Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail

Re: Path of root directory on production server

2001-10-23 Thread RaFaL Pocztarski
tom poe wrote: > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; > print "Hello World"; > $pwd = `pwd`; > print "The Password is: $pwd\n"; > > The single quotes around pwd on the right side of the = sign, are actually > back-tics. This won't work if the server doesn't chdir to director

Re: Path of root directory on production server

2001-10-22 Thread tom poe
On Monday 22 October 2001 16:12, Prashant Kukde wrote: > Hi , > I want to load my perl/ CGI script on production server. But, I dont know > the root path... > Is there anyway to get it using perl script or CGI script ?? > > Regards, > Prashant Hi: This from extropia stuff: #!/usr/bin/perl -w