How about Net::PH ?? Rob
----- Original Message ----- From: "Beau E. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 8:59 PM Subject: RE: query a ph nameserver plus backtick question > Hi- > > A quick look at CPAN didn't reveal any modules that > would do your queries (you might try too :) > > Backtics GOOD. You should be able to run your unix script > almost as is in a perl script - looks like the easy way out. > > Aloha => Beau. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 10:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: query a ph nameserver plus backtick question > > > Hello, > > I'm on a unix system and I want to query a ph nameserver to get some > information. I know that I can have unix do it for me with backticks > > $name = `ph email = [EMAIL PROTECTED] return name`; > > this will return text to $name > > ---------------------------------------- > name: Cinco, Aaron Lou Torres > ---------------------------------------- > name: Cuvelier, Carrie Jean > ---------------------------------------- > name: Dant, Gregory Charles > ---------------------------------------- > name: Erdos, Jason A. > ---------------------------------------- > > ..... > > this is exactly the data I want, a simple regex will get me the names I > need. > > So I basically have two questions... > > Can I query the nameserver from the script directly instead of unix > doing the work with backticks? > > > Are backticks bad, and if so what are the alternatives if I need to > return information to a variable? > > > -brian > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
