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Hi,
I am a newbie,I try to use this programs to delete files(OS is Linux)
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# file DEL.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
$readparse;
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
unlink "del_file";
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I can execute this program in command line ( ./DEL.pl) then it works .and
the file "del_file"
was removed ,but when I put "DEL.pl" into the /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/ ,It
do nothing.
I really do not understand.
I even try this : system ("rm -rf del_file") ,not work too!
this program has the popedom of root.
Can anyone help me ?
thanks

"moneytea" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I am a newbie,I try to use this programs to delete files(OS is Linux)
> ----------------------------------------
> # file DEL.pl
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> $readparse;
> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
> unlink "del_file";
> ----------------------------------------
> I can execute this program in command line ( ./DEL.pl) then it works .and
> the file "del_file"
> was removed ,but when I put "DEL.pl" into the /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/
,It
> do nothing.

Oh but it will do something if you inspect the reason it "do nothing", ie:

unlink "del_file" or die "Could not delete del_file because $!\n";

and I'm willing to say with 99% certainity that the reason will be "No such
file or directory"

moneytea wrote:
[...]
> I can execute this program in command line ( ./DEL.pl) then it works
> .and the file "del_file"
> was removed ,but when I put "DEL.pl" into the
> /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/ ,It do nothing.
> I really do not understand.
> I even try this : system ("rm -rf del_file") ,not work too!
> this program has the popedom of root.
> Can anyone help me ?

Please see "perldoc -q 500".
Although that FAQ seems to answer a different question, the answer applies
in your case, too.

jue