need help with Mason

[dorna1]

1) I have a perl script that will run successfully from the command line.
2) How to I run this script from within the <%init> section of a Mason file?

This doesn't work:

<%init>

system "/path/to/file/on/server/file.cgi;

</%init>

Thanks!

[physics]

I'm not sure how to fix your problem but this forum is a better place for it.
One thing is that a " is missing before the ; right?
Also, check the permissions on the cgi file and make sure that apache has permissions to execute it... try chmod 777 for testing.

[KevinADC]

yea, first try using the correct syntax:

<%init> 
system('/path/to/file/on/server/file.cgi'); 
</%init> 

see if that helps.