Jeff Westman wrote:
> Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Granted, I'm on XP, but I can't seem to reproduce your error. I created a
> > file at the path specified and it works perfectly. Are you sure that you
> > have the exact filename and that you have access to it? (I guess it's
> > windows 98, so you pretty much have access to everything...) Try pasting
> > the printed out version of the file at the Run... prompt and see if you can
> > open it. You may have to put double-quotes around it when you do this.
> >
> > The following code works for me:
> >
> > #########################################
> >
> > use strict;
> > use warnings;
> >
> > my $file = "c:\\win\\start menu\\programs\\system\\tbs montego\\_visit
> > turtle beach web site.lnk";
> > print "file = \"$file\"\n";
> > open(F, "< $file") or warn "cannot open $file (continuing): $!\n";
> > while(<F>){
> > print;
> > }
> > close(F);
> >
> > #########################################
> >
> > Of course, .lnk files are not text files, so if you really want to
> > manipulate the link, you should use Win32::Shortcut.
>
> The above code you sent me gave me the same error:
>
> file = "c:\win\start menu\programs\system\tbs montego\_visit turtle beach web
> site.lnk"
> cannot open c:\win\start menu\programs\system\tbs montego\_visit turtle beach
> web site.lnk (continuing): No such file or directory
> readline() on closed filehandle F at x1.pl line 7.
>
> Also, the Win32::Shortcut has some short-comings, basically, it cannot break
> down the modifier codes for shortcuts, so I wrote my own.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
Just in case there is a possiblity of misspelling, my suggestion for any long,
hard-coded path in Windows would be to:
1. Make sure that the address bar is showing in Windows Ecplorer, and that your
options are set to show the full path
2. Select the directory/file you are looking for and copy the location.
Don't know if this will help, or if there is any sort of s[elling error
involved. I do know that at least Perl 5.8 ActiveState, is quite adept at
handling long filenames:
Greetings! E:\d_drive\perlStuff>perl -w
open IN, 'C:\Documents and Settings\rjnewton\Desktop\test_reg.reg' or die "Could
not open: $!";
print for (<IN>);
close IN;
^Z
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\R. J. Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\R. J. Newton IdeaWorks\\TestReg\\Success\\is sweet
Greetings! E:\d_drive\perlStuff>perl -w
open IN, 'C:\Documents and Settings\rjnewton\Desktop\Windows Media Player' or di
e "Could not open: $!";
print for (<IN>);
close IN;
^Z
Could not open: No such file or directory at - line 1.
Greetings! E:\d_drive\perlStuff>perl -w
open IN, 'C:\Documents and Settings\rjnewton\Desktop\Windows Media Player.lnk' o
r die "Could not open: $!";
print for (<IN>);
close IN;
^Z
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I'd say chek your spelling. All of the above were done using the method I
described. The only hack I had to apply was to add the still-hidden .lnk
extension [it's one of a small set that is hidden even when standard extensions
are shown. I'll track down the Registry setting later.] Remember KISS. Apply
minimal hacking, you should get good results.
Joseph
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