Hello all,
Thanks for the reply James,
A resolution to the first issue will help me handle
1. Platform specific OS signals
2. Platform specific File system operations
(eg. cp versus copy)
Maybe there is a package that will help me clear 2.
- Santosh
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> From: James Edward Gray II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: perl_beginner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Writing Platform Independant Perl Code
> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:59:44 -0500
>
>
> On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 12:51 PM, perl_beginner wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have finished writing up a neat Perl server which works
> > just fine on Linux. I want to see it work seamlessly on
> > other platforms too (Windows/*Nix)
> >
> > The first issue that I see, is with people who want to use
> > my server on Windows. Directory seperators ('/' -> '\\')
> > have to be changed before the script can be run on Win32.
> > Or atleast I think that is the case.
> >
> > From past experience, I know that several perl modules
> > come with a Makefile.PL or atleast some way whereby the
> > user can:
> > 1. Unpack the code delivered
> > 2. Specify his platform and execute some script
> > 3. The script preps the code for the platform
> > 3. User can now use the customized application
> >
> > I have no idea how to go about doing this! Any pointers
> > or resources would be helpful.
>
> I'm not much help here, so I'll leave this question for others.
>
> > The second issue,
> > How do I keep pathnames platform independant. This
> > precludes the necessity of writing a solution to
> > install the application on the users machine. Please
> > note that the application accepts some pathnames as
> > command-line parameters.
>
> This is how I handle platform independence. The main module you are
> looking for here is File::Spec, it makes creating platform specific
> paths a snap.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> James
>
> > Thank you for your time and attention...
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Santosh Dawara
> > Graduate Student
> > Rochester Instt. of Tech.
> >
> >
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