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"require" on Win95 with WebSite2.3a

Hello, I am having a problem with using the require command in Perl,
and cannot solve it. I would very much appreciate if someone could
help me.

I have 3 files called config.pl, webbbs.pl and webbbs_text.pl in the
folder C:\WWW\LR2\ The first lines in config.pl are as follows:

require "./webbbs.pl"; require "./webbbs_text.pl";

This doesn't work!! That is, when i run config.pl from the browser
through localhost on WebSite2.3a, I get a 500 Server Error (CGI
output from C:/WWW/LR2/config.pl contained no blank line separating
header and data), and yet, all the scripts compile with no errors
using the Perl Interpreter in DOS.

That is why i suspect that something is wrong with requre.

Also, i have tried require "C:\\WWW\\LR2\\webbbs.pl"; to no avail.

Please help.

Thank you,

Ilia.

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ilia

ASKER

I did as you've suggested, and it didn't fix anything. I still get the 500 Server Error...

b2pi

I wish you hadn't accepted the answer. Perhaps I didn't read the
question fully enough. Could you please show the EXACT output of the
script when you run it from a command line (DOS)?

ilia

ASKER

Sorry but i think i fixed the problem already.
thanks again. your chdir suggestion was useful anyhow. i didn't know of this command

&quot;require&quot; on Win95 with WebSite2.3a

"require" on Win95 with WebSite2.3a