Question Regarding Perl Mapscript

[Lowell.Filak]

Gabriel A Weaver writes: 

> Hi all, 
> 
> I am trying to install mapscript for perl and run into the following 
> error: 
> 
> [terminal: ]$ perl -e 'use lib "/web/cgi-bin/Progs/lib/5.6.0/i386-linux"; 
> use mapscript; my $map = new mapObj("DBs/MapData/world.map"); if ($map == 
> null) { print "UTOH!";} else { print "IT WORKS!";}' 
> 
> Unfortunately, I keep getting "UTOH", indicating I have a null pointer 
> instead of a mapObj object. 
> 
> So far I have: a) verified that the world.map file is in the proper 
> location
> b) checked permissions
> c) rebuilt mapscript.pm after re-swigging. 
> 
> Note, I am building with an older version of MapServer, a version from 
> 1999, because I heard that MapServer 4 maps may not be fully compatible 
> with mapserver 3 data.  Any help you could provide would be much 
> appreciated.

Gabe,
Here is a sample for 3.6.1:
perl -we 'use lib "/web/cgi-bin/Progs/lib/5.6.0/i386-linux"; use mapscript; 
my $map = new mapObj("DBs/MapData/world.map") or die("UTOH!"); print "IT 
WORKS!";
HTH 

Lowell