apache2 path question

Hello,

i am using apache 2.0.48 with mod_perl 1.99.

when i try to read the content from a file with

<-------------->
$foo = 0;
open (SEARCHITEMS, "<../".$user.".searchitems");
while (<SEARCHITEMS>)
{
chomp();
@felder = split(/###/);
( $kategoriefeld[$foo], $suchbegriff[$foo] ) = ( $felder[0], $felder[1] );
$foo++;
}
close (SEARCHITEMS);
<---------------------->

it does not work with the relative path in the second row.
when i used:

<----------------------->
open (SEARCHITEMS, "</usr/local/apache2/htdocs/".$user.".searchitems");
<----------------------->

it works fine.

it seems that relative path are not allow.
how can i enable the use of relative paths in my scripts?

regard hendrik

Hendrik Mestenhauser <hendrik.mestenhauser DeleteThis @eex.de> wrote:
 > open (SEARCHITEMS, "<../".$user.".searchitems");
 > it does not work with the relative path in the second row.

From which directory are you executing it? Is it executed from the
cgi-bin dir or from what Apache think is the DocRoot or what?
I'd start to check what's the WD when the script is executed.

Davide<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->