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Setting an explicit Path and using optional variable

steveJ
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Mar 4, 2000, 8:46 PM

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Setting an explicit Path and using optional variable	Can't Post

Hi Gang, this one should be easy for most of you.

I want to assign a specific directory that is to be used for storing, and creating files, but I also want to use a variable for designating what the filename is going to be.

Example c:\directory\subdirectory

MyVariable = "mytextfile.txt"

So I would end up with something like
c:\directory\subdirectory\mytextfile.txt in which I open or create if not found.

The script I have been messing with allows me to pass a filename at the end. But since I dont know how to set an explicit path to append this to, one can literally create a file anywhere by doing something like:
http://myweb/cgi-bin/script.pl?c:\123.txt

This opens up a big security hole in itself.

I'm sure this is a one line fix, I just can't seem to get it right Wink

Thanks

darian
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Mar 5, 2000, 2:31 PM

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Re: Setting an explicit Path and using optional variable [In reply to]	Can't Post

I would try something like this:

$basepath = '/path/to/mydir';
$file = $q->param('file');
$usefile = "$basepath/$file";

now something like this:
http://mydomain.com/cgi-bin/myprog.cgi?mytext.txt

will be /path/to/mydir/mytext.txt

steveJ
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Mar 6, 2000, 7:41 PM

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Re: Setting an explicit Path and using optional variable [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thanks Darian, I will try this tomorrow and see if it works, I'll let ya know

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