On Sunday, September 1, 2002, at 12:46 , ANIDIL RAJENDRAN wrote:
[..]
> $passwd = "/etc/passwd";
> $skip = 60000;
> open(PW,$passwd) or die "Can't open $passwd:$!\n";
> while (<PW>){
> @fields = split(/:/);
> next if $fields[2] > $skip;
> $highestuid = ($highestuid < $fields[2]) ? $fields[2] : $highestuid;
> }
> close(PW);
> print "The next available UID is " . ++$highestuid . "\n";
it looks like you have somewhat mutually conflicting goals.
you might want to declare your $highestuid outside of
the loop....
something like
#
# let us initialize this to a silly value
#
my $highest_uid= -1;
while(<PW>)
my @fields = split(/:/);
#
# good choice here - since if the passwd file
# is not linear you will need to see all records
#
next if $fields[2] > $skip;
#
# update $highestuid if it smaller - why
# re-assign it to itself???
#
$highest_uid = $fields[2]
if ($highest_uid < $fields[2]);
}
# now since we scoped $highest_uid outside of the
# while block it will have what ever it got set to...
print "The next available UID below $skip is " . ++$highestuid . "\n";
ciao
drieux
---
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
