On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 04:39:00PM +0000, Benjamin Jeeves wrote: > > Can someone tell me why my call to build_db() works but when I call alert() it > will not work as it calls alert but will not enter the while loop I my > opening the file with > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > $filein = $ARGV[0]; > open(filein, "$filein"); > > sub start > { > > for(;;) > { > while ( <filein> ) > { > build_db(); > $counter++; > alert(); > $counter1++; > print "$counter..$counter1\n"; > } > sleep 50; > seek filein,0,1; > } > } > > sub alert > { > while( <filein> ) > { > does some thing on pattern matching > }
With just a quick look I see there is no closing brace on "sub alert" is that a typo? kent -- To know the truth is to distort the Universe. Alfred N. Whitehead (adaptation) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]