I have not been able to attach files successfully. I have debugging turned on, and get the following error:

copy(/usr/tmp/CGItemp7678, /twiki/Main/user_name/twiki_test.txt) failed: No such file or directory at /home/httpd/twiki/bin/upload line 414. Status: 302 Moved location: http://our.server.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/user_name

I believe I have something in Apache configured incorrectly, but so far, have not found anything. Suggestions appreciated. We are beginning to use TWiki regularly. .

• TWiki version: Dec. 2000
• Web server: Apache 1.3.14
• Server OS: Red Hat Linux 6.2

Charlie Farinella cfarinella@appropriatesolutionsPLEASENOSPAM.com

-- TWikiGuest - 18 Dec 2000

Answer

Not sure what causes the problem. TWiki prints this error message in case the copy operation fails:

	 # save uploaded file
	 my $newFile = "$tempPath/$fileName";
	 copy($tmpFilename, $newFile) or warn "copy($tmpFilename, $newFile) failed: $!";

For testing try to replace the copy command by a shell cp command:

	 `/bin/cp $tmpFilename $newFile`;

Other things to check:

• Copy source: Does the temp file created by the CGI.pm library exist? (It gets deleted when the CGI program dies)
• Copy destination: Does the topic name /twiki/Main/user_name/ exist, is it really below the pub directory, is it writable by the CGI user?

If all fails I recommend to upgrade the CGI.pm library.

-- PeterThoeny - 20 Dec 2000

I found the solution to my problem. In wikicfg.pm I had set the $pubUrlPath and the $pubDir the same. In other words I had them both set to "/twiki" without specifying the full path for $pubDir. After all, the comment reads "must match $pubUrlPath". I would suggest the examples be set in the default setup to read:

• $pubUrlPath = "/twiki"
  
• $pubDir = "/home/httpd/twiki/pub"
  

This would work for most installations, and if not, provide a clearer example. Thanks for your help.

-- CharlesFarinella - 27 Dec 2000