[Chicago-talk] Script creates bad file when not run as root

[Bradley Slavik]

Is is a permissions problem with the directory/file? Or the library was installed as root and the user cannot access it? Try getting return values from calls to Perl library. That might tell you something important. Ignoring return values can really cause you unnecessary anxiety.

Bradley

> The "bad" file is always only about 1500 bytes in size, no matter how 
> much data is sent to it. It's just junk so diff doesn't give any 
> help. I checked for errors every step of the way, but everything 
> looks ok. I reduced it to just creating a worksheet and workbook for 
> simplicity.
> 
> 
>  >I know that the xls that is spit out is binary, but have you diffed
>  >the good and bad files to see just how corrupt the bad file is?