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Is it abnormal for a CGI (PERL) script to be unable to create a new file? &nbsp;<br />
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I am experiencing some trouble with my web server in that my cgi-scripts cannot write to files that do not already exist. &nbsp;Even if the target file is in a directory with world read/write permissions. &nbsp;<br />
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If this is abnormal, what should I say to my webmaster to try to solve the problem?
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Is it abnormal for a CGI (PERL) script to be unable to create a new file?  

I am experiencing some trouble with my web server in that my cgi-scripts cannot write to files that do not already exist.  Even if the target file is in a directory with world read/write permissions.  

If this is abnormal, what should I say to my webmaster to try to solve the problem?

CGI-script file creation

A scripting language is a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator. Scripting languages are often interpreted (rather than compiled). Primitives are usually the elementary tasks or API calls, and the language allows them to be combined into more complex programs. Environments that can be automated through scripting include software applications, web pages within a web browser, the shells of operating systems (OS), embedded systems, as well as numerous games. A scripting language can be viewed as a domain-specific language for a particular environment; in the case of scripting an application, this is also known as an extension language.