Can"t "see" file system

I have a working Apache2/Perl 5.8.8 multi-threaded system using mod_per2.0.3
running on Solaris 9. I have a working SOAP service which checks for the
existence of certain files located outside the htdocs path. Everything works
fine.

I installed the same Apache2/Perl/mod_perl2 using the same make switches etc
on a different machine (also running solaris 9) and I can use a browser and
it works. If I call a simple page (Rocks.pm - comes with mod_perl2 (or
Apache2 - can't remember which)). It comes back and says mod_perl rocks.
That also works.

However, if I add a simple test to the Rocks.pm:
if (-e "/path/to/file.txt") { print "file exists"; }

The Rocks.pm NEVER sees the "file.txt" - it doesn't think it exists. The
file DOES exist and it has 777 permissions. It has a few lines of text
(therefore, NOT empty).

And there are no errors in the Apache2 log file.

Any ideas as to where to start looking would be greatly appreciated.
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RE: Can"t "see" file system

By /path, which root do you mean starting from? I guess you don't mean
the hard drive root directory, don't you?

Ron

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From: markhutch [mailto:mark@solidair.ca]=20
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:07 PM
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Subject: Can't "see" file system


I have a working Apache2/Perl 5.8.8 multi-threaded system using
mod_per2.0.3
running on Solaris 9. I have a working SOAP service which checks for the
existence of certain files located outside the htdocs path. Everything
works
fine.

I installed the same Apache2/Perl/mod_perl2 using the same make switches
etc
on a different machine (also running solaris 9) and I can use a browser
and
it works. If I call a simple page (Rocks.pm - comes with mod_perl2 (or
Apache2 - can't remember which)). It comes back and says mod_perl rocks.
That also works.

However, if I add a simple test to the Rocks.pm:
if (-e "/path/to/file.txt") { print "file exists"; }

The Rocks.pm NEVER sees the "file.txt" - it doesn't think it exists. The
file DOES exist and it has 777 permissions. It has a few lines of text
(therefore, NOT empty).=20

And there are no errors in the Apache2 log file.

Any ideas as to where to start looking would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Can"t "see" file system

Somehow I get the impression we're missing part of the information here.
Suggestion just in case :
change the instruction below to

if (-e "/path/to/file.txt") {
print "file exists";
} else {
print "it does not";
}

What's happening then ?

markhutch wrote:
> I have a working Apache2/Perl 5.8.8 multi-threaded system using mod_per2.0.3
> running on Solaris 9. I have a working SOAP service which checks for the
> existence of certain files located outside the htdocs path. Everything works
> fine.
>
> I installed the same Apache2/Perl/mod_perl2 using the same make switches etc
> on a different machine (also running solaris 9) and I can use a browser and
> it works. If I call a simple page (Rocks.pm - comes with mod_perl2 (or
> Apache2 - can't remember which)). It comes back and says mod_perl rocks.
> That also works.
>
> However, if I add a simple test to the Rocks.pm:
> if (-e "/path/to/file.txt") { print "file exists"; }
>
> The Rocks.pm NEVER sees the "file.txt" - it doesn't think it exists. The
> file DOES exist and it has 777 permissions. It has a few lines of text
> (therefore, NOT empty).
>
> And there are no errors in the Apache2 log file.
>
> Any ideas as to where to start looking would be greatly appreciated.