[Mapserver-users] Mapscript error question

[pw]

Hello,

I am having problems getting mapscript to read my map file under linux.
The errors I get are as follows after a call to  ms_newMapObj("mapfile.map")
:

/*..........................................................................
............................................*/
[14-Jan-2004 11:46:36] PHP Warning:  [MapServer Error]:
msProcessProjection(): no options found in 'init' file
 in file.phtml on line 70
[14-Jan-2004 11:46:36] PHP Warning:  Failed to open map file mapfile.map in
file.phtml on line 70
/*..........................................................................
...........................................*/

How do I find out from Mapserver what path it is looking at for the map
file?
I get the same message if I put the full  'pwd style' file path into the
ms_newMapObj call.

The projection I have in my mapfile.map is defined as follows:

/*..........................................................................
....................*/

NAME THEMAP
STATUS ON
SIZE 600 450
SYMBOLSET ../etc/symbols.sym

PROJECTION
  "proj=cea"
  "ellps=GRS80"
  "lat_0=49"
  "lon_0=-95"
  "lat_1=49"
  "lat_2=77"
  "datum=NAD83"
END

/*..........................................................................
..................*/

The cea projection works fine if I call proj from the command line and
plug some values in.

The dump from mapserv is:

cgi-bin/mapserv -v
MapServer version 4.0.1
OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG
OUTPUT=WBMP
SUPPORTS=PROJ
SUPPORTS=FREETYPE
SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER
INPUT=TIFF
INPUT=EPPL7 INPUT=JPEG
INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR
INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE

Thanks for any insights.

Peter