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Re^2: flat file problem

by csuhockey3 (Curate)
on Oct 28, 2004 at 08:25 UTC ( #403307=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: flat file problem
in thread flat file problem

Was I naive in doing this? 
$working_dir = $0;
$working_dir =~ s#(.*)/.*$#$1#;
chdir $working_dir;

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Honestly, on submit, I get a confirmation page and an email, but no flat file (that's why I am pulling my hair out). I also made certain it was the correct cgi. I have never had a flat file give me fits like this! I might have to dig deeper into this new development server, I will run Devel::Trace right now.

update:BINGO! It was a problem with the development server. I had the form on the production side and the cgi on the development side. After running Devel::Trace I saw where everything was going and that solved the problem (once the flatfile was created manually and placed on production side, it worked). Thank you all for the help.

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Re^3: flat file problem
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Oct 28, 2004 at 08:49 UTC
    Yes, but not for reasons you may think :) The proper way to determine the directory where your file resides is using File::Spec->dirname( File::Spec->rel2abs(__FILE__)) (dirname not official part of File::Spec, get it from here). chdir would not affect sub flatFile because it uses an absolute path.

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