Can an Applet call a Perl script that performs Unix file commands?

Question

Hi,
I would like my applet to move a Unix file from one directory to another. (Both directories and the file are on the same server as the applet).
In my applet I have code that calls (I think) a Perl script through a URL connection and passes the name of the file that needs to be moved:
URL urlMove = new URL("http://myserver.com/cgi-bin/fileMove.pl?" + fileToMove);
URLConnection urlConn = urlMove.openConnection();
In the cgi-bin I have a perl script (fileMove.pl) that performs the move:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI qw(:standard);
$pfile = $ENV{?QUERY_STRING?};
$cmd = ?mv stageArea/$pfile $pfile?;
system $cmd;
The Perl script works fine when I call it directly from Internet Explorer, but when I call the script from the Applet the file is not moved. Am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

Got it to work!
Changed the Java code to:
URL urlMove = new URL("http://myserver.com/cgi-bin/fileMove.pl?" + fileToMove);
urlMove.openConnection();
InputStream moveStream = urlMove.openStream();
and in the Perl script added the line:
print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
The applet running my a PC is now effortlessly moving files on the unix server, wahoo.
Aside: I also found that my applet web server and the files the applet reads/writes do not have to be on the same machine. In the applet's cgi-bin directory I created a "link" to the networked unix directory where the image files are actually located. I really expected the Applet I/O Security to complain, but it work like a charm. Go figure.