Posted by Colin Fine on 10/21/06 14:55

fAnSKyer wrote:
> That make sense.I am currently using linux to implement this.
> but do you know how to solve this?
>
> Thanks a lot
> Cheers
>
> fAnS.
> pittendrigh wrote:
>> It is possible the exe expects to deposit the newly
>> created file in "the current directory"
>> ......which in the web-server context ends up undefined,
>> or perhaps defaulting to an illegal area.
>>
>> exe sounds like windows stuff, which I try hard to know
>> little about. But that sort of trouble often happens on
>> a unix-like system.
>>
>> (when you run the program the user is you.
>> When the webserver runs the program the 'user'
>> has another definition and another permission set)
>

You're running a .exe file on Linux?

This might be a silly question, but do you know that
../GPA.exe filename.txt
actually works?

Colin

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