This is the version of Perl I have.
D:\reports>perl -v This is perl, version 5.003_07 Copyright 1987-1996, Larry Wall + suidperl security patch Win32 port Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed by ActiveWare Internet Corp., http://www.ActiveWare.com Perl for Win32 Build 307 - Built 10:11:54 Jul 15 1997 Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5.0 source kit. -----Original Message----- From: Offer Kaye [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 1:24 PM To: Perl Beginners Subject: Re: How would I simulate this in Perl? On 5/6/05, macromedia wrote: > > I just tried it but get this error. What does it mean/ > > > perl test.pl > Global symbol "line" requires explicit package name at test.pl line 18. > Variable "$line" is not imported at test.pl line 19. > Global symbol "line" requires explicit package name at test.pl line 19. > Execution of test.pl aborted due to compilation errors. > It means you did something wrong :-) The code I sent you doesn't have 19 lines, nor is there any problem with it on my machine - just tried it and the only problem is that I should have used single quotes instead of double quotes in the path arg to the "find" call, i.e.: 'D:\mywork'. instead of "D:\mywork". Did you perhaps change the code I emailed? Could the problem be that you are using a very old perl? Please paste the output of running "perl -V" from the command line. Also please paste the exact contents of test.pl. Regards, -- Offer Kaye -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>