Perl Script running - No output - third party software

[sivarajan]

Hi,

I'm developing a server using CGI-perl. I'm a linux user. I made a CGI page nd i'm calling a perl script as a response to submit. I'm performing various tasks with in tat perl file using system() command, like given below

$cmd="perl abc.pl <input file>";
system($cmd);

When i tried to run a 3rd party software executable command (svm_classify) like this

$cmd="svm_classify <testfile> <modelfile> <outputfile>";
system($cmd);

the output file is not getting generated. but it says no error also.
The code is working fine when i run it. BUT IT IS NOT WORKING WHEN I RUN FROM SERVER (localhost)

Additional:
I tried to run that part alone as a perl script nd its working fine.
I tried to run that part from command line nd its working fine.

PLSSSSSSSS help me out!!!!!!!!!!

thanx a lot,
K. Sivarajan.

[oesxyl]

Originally Posted by sivarajan

Hi,

I'm developing a server using CGI-perl. I'm a linux user. I made a CGI page nd i'm calling a perl script as a response to submit. I'm performing various tasks with in tat perl file using system() command, like given below

$cmd="perl abc.pl <input file>";
system($cmd);

When i tried to run a 3rd party software executable command (svm_classify) like this

$cmd="svm_classify <testfile> <modelfile> <outputfile>";
system($cmd);

the output file is not getting generated. but it says no error also.
The code is working fine when i run it. BUT IT IS NOT WORKING WHEN I RUN FROM SERVER (localhost)

Additional:
I tried to run that part alone as a perl script nd its working fine.
I tried to run that part from command line nd its working fine.

PLSSSSSSSS help me out!!!!!!!!!!

thanx a lot,
K. Sivarajan.

try to use this instead of system:

http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/IPC::System::Simple

a classifier is usualy slow, i don't have experience with svm light but you need to check how long is running and if the server can run it so long time.

log everything you can and check logs to see what's happend.

best regards

[sivarajan]

Hi oesxyl,

it takes very less time(0.001seconds).

My problem is majorly it works as a script but it is not working when i run it from the server.
so i guess there is some hinderance in the server accessing the 3rd party software...
pls leave out svm_classify... jus tel for any third party softwares...


thanx,
K. Sivarajan.

[FishMonger]

Are you using the warnings and strict pragmas?

use strict;
use warnings;

If not then add them and declare all of your vars, which is done via the 'my' keyword.

my @cmd = ('svm_classify', '<testfile>', '<modelfile>', '<outputfile>');
system(@cmd) == 0
    or die "system @cmd failed: $?";

As shown above, you probably should use the list form of system.

Since this is a cgi script, while developing/debugging, you should also have:

use CGI::Carp qw(fatalToBrowser);

When a script works from the command line, but not when run as a cgi script, then in most cases that's due to the difference in the user environment. When run from the command line, it's running under your shell and privileges, but when run as a cgi script it's running under the web server user account and privileges.

[oesxyl]

try to use this instead of system:

http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/IPC::System::Simple

Originally Posted by sivarajan

... jus tel for any third party softwares...

best regards

[sivarajan]

Hi Fishmonger,

I tried what you have mentioned already... but in vain...

at last u have mentioned about the environment of web server... i exactly want to know about that only.

If u know pls tell me what should be modified/altered to make the 3rd party software run in the server???


thanx,
K. Sivarajan.

[FishMonger]

Specify the full path to the command and make sure that permissions are set correctly to allow the web server account to execute the program.

If the program requires any special environment settings, you can add them to Perl's built-in %ENV hash.