Re: [MacPerl] newbie problem: Why can't I write to a file?

[Dave Schmitt <dschmi1@umbc.edu>]

On 29 Mar 1996, Robert Allen Decker wrote:

>   I'm new to MacPerl and so far am impressed with its power. However, I am
> having a problem with a practice script I got from the book CGI Programming
> by Shishir Gundavaram. 
>   This is from his guestbook example. It requires that submitted
> information be appended to a file (I call it guestbook.html). All my paths
> seem to be correct. It just seems that the script can't open the file.

Actually, I think they aren't. See below.

[...]
> $document_root = "Pod People/Pub/www/test";
> $guest_file = "/guestbook.html";
> $full_path = $document_root . $guest_file;
[...]

Since you're on a Mac, you have to use a Mac path, and the Mac File System
uses the colon as its path separator. So, try using these instead:
  $document_root = "Pod People:Pub:www:test";
  $guest_file = ":guestbook.html";

-Dave

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