IPL within a CGI

tik

I have a DCT/DCR and am using a cgi-callout. In this cgi that I am writing, I want to use a CLT to do xml validation and getting the results of this CLT into a variable $results and consequently $resultsfile.

I am trying to run the CLT like this:


my $results = `$my_cmd > $resultsfile`;
where $my_cmd = TeamSite::Config::iwgethome() . "/bin/iwxml_validate.ipl";

Then I am opening the file and printing it into $results, like:

open (RESULTS, "<$resultsfile");
while (<RESULTS>)
{
$results .= $_;
}
close RESULTS;

My problem is that I am not getting anything in $results or even the file $resultsfile, even though a blank file is being created.

Please suggest if i am using the CLT correctly witin my CGI.

Migrateduser

I think I understand what you're trying to do, but a much more straight-forward way to do this is by not outputting to a file at all. Instead, capture the output in the following way:

my $results = `$my_cmd 2>&1`;

This one line seems to do everything that you're trying to accomplish in that small block. Like I said, my understanding might be off, so if I am, what output are you anticipating, anyway?

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.1 SP2 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP2 on W2K