Re: Call perl script from within another perl script

in reply to Call perl script from within another perl script

system() needs file system paths, not urls. If your cgi-bin directory is really at /var/www/cgi-bin (for example), then you have to use that path to call the script.

apache might also have problems finding the perl interpreter. You might use the complete path to perl to find out whether that is the problem

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Re^2: Call perl script from within another perl script by huklberry (Novice) on Sep 12, 2008 at 02:48 UTC
I tried this as well with no luck.... system("/usr/bin/perl /cgi-bin/test1.pl");	[reply]
Re^3: Call perl script from within another perl script by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Sep 12, 2008 at 02:55 UTC
I think you missed what jethro was saying. `/cgi-bin/test1.pl` is very unlikely to be a file path to the executable. It implies (though guarantees nothing) that / is your webroot. When you're on the command line, where is test1.pl? That's what you're after. You should also be checking the system return and using the multi-arg call. See `perldoc -f system` or search in here for more.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Call perl script from within another perl script by huklberry (Novice) on Sep 12, 2008 at 03:55 UTC
test1.pl is in the /cgi-bin directory. That's where all my perl scripts are located. [localhost cgi-bin]# pwd /cgi-bin [localhost cgi-bin]# ll test1.pl -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 191 2008-09-11 21:14 test1.pl	[reply]
Re^5: Call perl script from within another perl script by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Sep 12, 2008 at 04:10 UTC

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