system Commands in CGI Task

At the end of my CGI Task I have to create directory structure dyanmically based on user input in the form.I am using mkdir function in my script to create directories which is not working.Does CGI task execute commands system()?I guess it wont..
(However the same is working in external task)

Is there an alternate way that I send the variables back to WFT and create the directories in the next task(external).

Thanks

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Pawan

You can use the job variables to store your values and use them in the next external task to do the desired operation.
There should be other methods for this to be accomplished.

ISCBorisB

I am using mkdir function in my script to create directories which is not working.Does CGI task execute commands system()?I guess it wont...(However the same is working in external task)

CGI Task is just code you run on the server side. The fact that it prints CGI commands/output into stdout is one of this code
particulars, nothing more.

So yes, mkdir, system() and all this OS API bestiary is absolutely legal in CGI. Whether it will work or not in your Environment depends on the
access credentials. Who is your CGI Task owner? Does it have rights to do what your code tries to do on its behalf?

kaalraa

At the end of my CGI Task I have to create directory structure dyanmically based on user input in the form.I am using mkdir function in my script to create directories which is not working.Does CGI task execute commands system()?I guess it wont..
(However the same is working in external task)
Is there an alternate way that I send the variables back to WFT and create the directories in the next task(external).
Thanks

There is no difference in terms of functional behaviour of a system command for CGI or an external task. The problem could be anything else... as it needs to be debugged.

Alternate way would be to create the job variables and assign the values to them .. so that it can be fetched out thru your next external task.

Adam Stoller

At the end of my CGI Task I have to create directory structure dyanmically based on user input in the form.I am using mkdir function in my script to create directories which is not working.Does CGI task execute commands system()?I guess it wont..
(However the same is working in external task)

Is there an alternate way that I send the variables back to WFT and create the directories in the next task(external).

Thanks

If you need to make parent directories in order to make sub or sub-sub [...] directories - I recommend using File: Smiley Tongue

ath's mkpath() function - read the perldoc for more information.

gururaj_rp

Thanks for your help.
Yes...I am able to use system() command.issue was with the directory path I was creating Smiley Happy

fixed now..

Good Day!!