I want to set the forms on my site to submit data as text files. To do this I need the CGI-bin directory as well as the Storage Directory.

I've made a couple of assumtions: I should publish the data to UNIX, and the Perl Path for Unix can be
"usr/bin/perl".

Finally, how would I access this information once it is published to the site, and is there a way to autoforward the text files to my personal mailbox, or to a mailbox on the site.

I would recommend that you make the form been sent to you email address, i think Annette helped me greatly on that issue a long time ago, you may want to search for it. But that is a simple form that is sent through email systems.

Are you just trying to have a form on your site that emails the results directly to you, or is there something I'm missing?

No, that is how I have it set up now. I would like to use a different method so that I can include required fields, and to also be able to redirect visitors directly to "success" or "resubmit" pages automatically.

Is this possible??

You can do this using, any Perl or PHP script. Check out hotscripts.com or cgi-resources.com for "form to email" scripts. They will let you specify the important feilds and redirect pages to various different ones, etc etc.

Frontserve - I have a Perl CGI script that does just that. You set up a form and it writes the input to an ASCII text file with each field comma delimited. All new records are appended to the end of the file. Also has a "success" page redirect function.

Email me if you'd like a copy.

Something like this?

http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/formmail.shtml