your name Po-Han Lin your email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] your homepage if you have one http://www.edepot.com/phl.html your preferred user-ID on CPAN. It must be between 4 and 9 characters long, all uppercase, letters only. One dash allowed. pohanl a description of what you're planning to contribute dbfileutil.pl Ver 1.0 Export/Import between DB_File and SDBM_File from Windows and Unix platforms SDBM_Files can be ftp'ed across Unix/Windows platforms and work without a hitch. (.pag and .dir files). DB_Files CANT be ftp'ed across platform. (something to do with edian) I like to use DB_File instead of SDBM_File This util will export a DB_File to SDBM_Files for you to ftp. Then you can import the files (after ftping) to autoconvert to DB_File at destination workstation using this same util. You can also clean up the SDBM_Files after you are done ftping (source side) and done importing (destination side) This same code will work on the unix or win side. NOTE: be sure DB_File has less than 1024 bytes per entry, or it wont fit into a SDBM_File (unless you recompile the SDBM_File to support bigger buckets. I have tons of perl stuff. I'll try to contribute soon as I get an id. check this out... http://www.edepot.com/phl.html (click on eGlossary) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
