RE: hiding file data

2002-01-08 Thread Gary Hawkins
> Stuart> I have a few perl files that I need to send out to a > Stuart> client. However, we do not want them seeing what are in the > Stuart> files for obvious reason. > > What obvious reason? That would be so the client doesn't walk away from the guys who do the work once they have the goods.

Re: email word attachment from html form input

2002-01-08 Thread katia goforth
Gary, Thanks for the reply. Even after changing it to use the CGI module i still had a problem but i finally figured that out. I had to hard code using libraries { use lib "/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1"; use lib "/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux"; } (sounds like i have a

piping versus backticks

2002-01-08 Thread Harvey Quamen
Hello all: I'm working my way through "Learning Perl" (3rd ed) and got stuck in ch 14 (Process Management, pages 201-202 actually, to be specific) where the "date" command is is opened through a filehandle with a piped open. Just toying around to see how it worked, I put it in a loop and was

RE: email word attachment from html form input

2002-01-08 Thread Gary Hawkins
Recommend replacing the parsing routine, mainly because it is said to have a bunch of security holes: read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'}); @pairs=split(/&/, $buffer); foreach $pair (@pairs) { ($name, $value)=split(/=/,$pair);

Re: bash 'trap' equivalent ?

2002-01-08 Thread Peter Scott
At 09:33 PM 1/8/02 +0530, Prahlad Vaidyanathan wrote: >Hi, > >Is there a perl equivalent of the 'trap' command in bash ? The reason I >ask is, I create a temporary file at the start of a script, and I want >to ensure that that temporary file gets removed in case the user hits >C-c before the scrip

email word attachment from html form input

2002-01-08 Thread katia goforth
hello, I am trying to take input email addresses from an html web form and email and attachment to that email address. I am using the MIME::Lite module and have no problems when shortening the script to just the mail portion and executing via command line. The problem appears to be with the inp

RE: command line args in Windows 2000

2002-01-08 Thread Wagner-David
What shell are you using? Std Dos Commmand or something else? Within definition or assignment of pl to perl, it should look something like: File types should have Open: D:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe "%1" %* Under one build of ActiveState, there were a number of problems in this area concerning

add 3 months

2002-01-08 Thread Mark Frater
I'm missing something.. use Date::Manip; $paidto ="Mon May 19 23:00:00 2003 NZST"; $newpaid = &DateCalc($paidto,"+3 month",\$err); print "paidto =$paidto\n"; print "newpaid = $newpaid\n"; output paidto =Mon May 19 23:00:00 2003 NZST newpaid = -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fo

why does open()ing happen only at the line ?

2002-01-08 Thread Prahlad Vaidyanathan
Hi, Noticed this today : open(FD,'sudo grep -h "Connect time" /var/log/message* | grep -v COMMAND |') or die $! ; # Do some stuff ... while ( ) { # do more stuff } In the above script (an attempt to check my ppp usage), the script actually runs 'sudo' only when reading from the file (l

bash 'trap' equivalent ?

2002-01-08 Thread Prahlad Vaidyanathan
Hi, Is there a perl equivalent of the 'trap' command in bash ? The reason I ask is, I create a temporary file at the start of a script, and I want to ensure that that temporary file gets removed in case the user hits C-c before the script finishes running. pv. -- Prahlad Vaidyanathan <[EMAIL PR

Re: Password ---- cgi-perl-html

2002-01-08 Thread Leon
- Original Message - From: "Peter Cornelius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The way that I have done this in the past is to set a cookie after the > initial authentication. On all pages that require authentication you check > for the cookie and validate that it hasn't been tampered with. Do you u

Re: pull line #1 from a file

2002-01-08 Thread Leon
- Original Message - From: "Casey West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Yacketta, Ronald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Beginners (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > open FILE, "filename" or die $!; > my $line = ; > close FILE; > > Remember, is something you can iterate over. In scalar > context

Re: help with tk

2002-01-08 Thread Murzc
> > I have a TK issue. > > > > This code creates the initial TK box. > > > > > > When the user clicks the button of his choice, the TK box disappears into > the task bar. > > When the user clicks the task bar on the program's name, > > a window of a DOS screen pops up and asks the user > > "Ent

RE: Perplexed

2002-01-08 Thread Timothy Johnson
Are we talking about user environment variables or system environment variables? -Original Message- From: Dean Theophilou [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 6:08 PM To: Perl_beginner (E-mail); Perl-Win32-Admin@ActiveState. com Subject: Perplexed Hello:

Re: hiding file data

2002-01-08 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Stuart" == Stuart Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stuart> I have a few perl files that I need to send out to a Stuart> client. However, we do not want them seeing what are in the Stuart> files for obvious reason. What obvious reason? Stuart> Is there any way that I can hide the inf

Re: CGI vs. Servlet technologies

2002-01-08 Thread Mark Maunder
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Servlets are more scalable than CGIs and that is what is one of the biggest > advantages! > > A Servlet is instantiated for the first request and any subsequent requests > to the same servlet spawns a separate thread, whereas CGIs are costly and > had to be instantiated

RE: WWW:Robot speed..

2002-01-08 Thread Lorne Easton
Hi there.. I am using the WWW:Robot module to iterate over some internal sites, so complying with the guidelines for robots is not really an issue. Anyone have any experience modifying the module so that the delay between requests is less? Regards, Lorne -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PR

Perplexed: Part 2

2002-01-08 Thread Dean Theophilou
Hello: I forgot to mention that when I don't use Runh.exe (or if I don't call the logon script from Usrlogon.cmd), then the logon script works as expected. Once again, thanks. Dean -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Perplexed

2002-01-08 Thread Dean Theophilou
Hello: I created a Perl logon script for use on an NT TSE machine which sets environment variables and maps drives. It runs as expected when it's run from the path specified in User Manager for Domains->Profile->Logon Script Name. Since I don't want the user to be able to see it when he

command line args in Windows 2000

2002-01-08 Thread Rich Rochelle
Hi, I have no idea how much traffic is on this list, and I have searched all day for an answer to this question. How do I pass command line arguments to Perl under Windows 2000? I have the following code snippet: &GetOptions("size=s"); print "\nsize is $opt_size\n"; exit; $opt_size never appe

hiding file data

2002-01-08 Thread Stuart Alexander
Hi All, I have a few perl files that I need to send out to a client. However, we do not want them seeing what are in the files for obvious reason. Is there any way that I can hide the info in the files, or should I creat an executable. Thanks in advance for any help. Totalise - the Users ISP

Re: file name matching

2002-01-08 Thread John W. Krahn
Scott wrote: > > I need to scan a directory for files, they will be in pairs, a .tag file > and a .txt file. I need to first make sure the .tag file(s) is there. If > it is I need to check for the same prefix .txt file. Here is what I do to > check for the file: > > ($scantag) = <*.tag>; > >

RE: pull line #1 from a file

2002-01-08 Thread Gary Hawkins
> -Original Message- > From: John W. Krahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 2:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: pull line #1 from a file > > > Ronald Yacketta wrote: > > > > Can someone help me fix this? I know I am on the right track (I hope) > > but

Re: add text to a file.....Help

2002-01-08 Thread Curtis Poe
--- "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter Lemus wrote: > > > > I have a file "1st file) that reads... > > one > > two > > three > > four > > five > > > > Anotherone "2nd file"that reads: > > day > > weeks > > months > > quarter > > year > > century > > > > I need to read the 2nd f

Re: add text to a file.....Help

2002-01-08 Thread John W. Krahn
Peter Lemus wrote: > > I have a file "1st file) that reads... > one > two > three > four > five > > Anotherone "2nd file"that reads: > day > weeks > months > quarter > year > century > > I need to read the 2nd file and add the text from it > to every word of the first 1st file. So it will look

Re: pull line #1 from a file

2002-01-08 Thread John W. Krahn
Ronald Yacketta wrote: > > Can someone help me fix this? I know I am on the right track (I hope) > but not sure where I am going south > > open FILE, "$g_logpass"; > $line = ; > close (FILE); > chomp($line); > system("cp ../input/$g_logpass ../input/tmp.scr"); > system("sed -e 's/'$line'/'$db_na

RE: CGI vs. Servlet technologies

2002-01-08 Thread Curtis Poe
--- "Hanson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But don't forget that there are other technologies other than servlets that > cache code so that they don't need to be recompiled for each hit. ...And > this being a Perl list there is mod_perl a plugin for Apache (free) and > PerlEx for IIS (from

RE: CGI vs. Servlet technologies

2002-01-08 Thread Hanson, Robert
But don't forget that there are other technologies other than servlets that cache code so that they don't need to be recompiled for each hit. ...And this being a Perl list there is mod_perl a plugin for Apache (free) and PerlEx for IIS (from ActiveState). Rob -Original Message- From:

RE: CGI vs. Servlet technologies

2002-01-08 Thread RArul
Servlets are more scalable than CGIs and that is what is one of the biggest advantages! A Servlet is instantiated for the first request and any subsequent requests to the same servlet spawns a separate thread, whereas CGIs are costly and had to be instantiated afresh for every fresh request. This

Re: CGI vs. Servlet technologies

2002-01-08 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Naveen Parmar wrote: > What are the key differences between CGI and Servlets? I think Servlets also use the CGI protocol, they accept POST and GET strings the same way as any CGI program. They are just special server side components written in Java that are run as a server p

RE: timestamp without the time

2002-01-08 Thread Bob Showalter
> -Original Message- > From: Alex Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 1:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: timestamp without the time > > > > > How do I get the mm dd a file was created WITHOUT the time? Note that you cannot strictly get a cr

CGI vs. Servlet technologies

2002-01-08 Thread Naveen Parmar
What are the key differences between CGI and Servlets? - NP _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: File::Copy limitation? on Win32

2002-01-08 Thread Jenda Krynicky
> I suspect the answer to this is "you can't abuse perl that way on > WinNT," but I'll post anyhow. > > I'm distributing files across several machines on an NT network; for > various reasons I need the status that the File::Copy module returns > but can't rely on mapped drives. > > UNCs and IP p

RE: pull line #1 from a file

2002-01-08 Thread Yacketta, Ronald
Can someone help me fix this? I know I am on the right track (I hope) but not sure where I am going south open FILE, "$g_logpass"; $line = ; close (FILE); chomp($line); system("cp ../input/$g_logpass ../input/tmp.scr"); system("sed -e 's/'$line'/'$db_name'/g' ../input/tmp.scr > $g_logpass");

RE: file name matching

2002-01-08 Thread Scott
Works fine on the Linux box, no go on the Windows box. Anyone have another idea? Thanks, -Scott On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Scott wrote: > > I'm new to Perl, so take this with a grain of salt, but I did it like this: > > use strict; > > use File::Basename; > > my $basename; > > my $filename = 'your

RE: If...Statement

2002-01-08 Thread Jonathan E. Paton
> | for(my $i=0; $i<22; $i++){}; > | $_=; > | my $line=$_; > | my $nextline=$line++; > | if ((substr($line, 42, 7) eq "Running") || > | (substr($nextline, 42, 7)eq > | "Running")) > > > > while () { > ># Skip lines upto line 23 > >next if $.<22; > > > ># Process for line 23 & 24

Re: out vs my for efficiency Was: 'my' for each loop or no ?

2002-01-08 Thread Curtis Poe
--- Eric Beaudoin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering if someone could explain why a variable define with a global scope >was slower > that one define within the local lexical scope when used in a loop? If I recall correctly, you should usually get better performance from lexically scop

RE: file name matching

2002-01-08 Thread Scott
Rick: Thank you! I modified it to do a scan of all files in the directory using: my $basename; my ($filename) = <*.tag>; ($basename) = fileparse($filename, '\.tag'); print "basename = $basename\n"; On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Mahon, Rick wrote: > I'm new to Perl, so take this with a grain of salt,

out vs my for efficiency Was: 'my' for each loop or no ?

2002-01-08 Thread Eric Beaudoin
At 08:28 2002.01.08, Prahlad Vaidyanathan wrote: >Hi, > >Was wondering which of these 2 pieces of code is more efficient : > > >my $file ; >foreach $file (@tarred) { #do something ; } >foreach $file (@gzipped) { #do something else ; } > > >OR > > >foreach my $file (@tarred)

File::Copy limitation? on Win32

2002-01-08 Thread Jeffrey Bruce Norville
I suspect the answer to this is "you can't abuse perl that way on WinNT," but I'll post anyhow. I'm distributing files across several machines on an NT network; for various reasons I need the status that the File::Copy module returns but can't rely on mapped drives. UNCs and IP paths (\\10.98.7

RE: CGI scripts in Perl

2002-01-08 Thread RArul
Visit this URL and configure your machine accordingly. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q150629 -- Rex > -Original Message- > From: Naveen Parmar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 1:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: CGI scripts i

CGI scripts in Perl

2002-01-08 Thread Naveen Parmar
I have Microsoft Personal Web Server on my local machine. My perl scripts run fine from the command line. When I try to run them from cgi-bin within INetpub/wwwroot, they fail raising the HTTP/1.1 500 Server Error. Any ideas? - NP _

Re: EXCEL automation

2002-01-08 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: "Billie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What's wrong with the following code? > > use Win32::OLE; > $book = Win32::OLE->GetObject("Book1.xls"); > $book->Saveas("Book2.xls"); > > Book1 and the script are in the same directory. When I open > Book2.xls, I cannot see any worksheet.

RE: timestamp without the time

2002-01-08 Thread McCollum, Frank
I don't know what your timeStamp string looks like, but if it looked like: 1/8/2001 18:00 ( $date, $time ) = split; would separate the two. The default split here is on any whitespace. To specify some other split you would do it as follows: split/:/; (where it would split on ':'). -Origi

RE: Perl module to operate on MS Excel files

2002-01-08 Thread McCollum, Frank
I currently use the below, but I have had problems with it running out on a server that I have not been able to determine the cause of. Sometimes no Excel file is produced, and other times, voila. It works everytime locally. if ( $outputXls ) { $filename = $outputFilename . ".txt"

timestamp without the time

2002-01-08 Thread Alex Harris
How do I get the mm dd a file was created WITHOUT the time? _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

RE: why am I getting syntax errors ?

2002-01-08 Thread Peter Cornelius
This sort of question is a lot easier if we could see the syntax errors. Here's my guess though. #foreach $i (@section_headers) Has $i been declared? Try 'foreach my $i (@section_headers)' #die "config error - no valid section header\n" if ($config_current_section ne $config_section &&

RE: Perl module to operate on MS Excel files

2002-01-08 Thread Bob Showalter
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 1:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Perl module to operate on MS Excel files > > > Hello, > > I need to automate the extraction and insertion of cells from > and into an >

Re: About DBD-ODBC Module

2002-01-08 Thread Christopher Solomon
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Jose Vicente wrote: > I can't install the module because I get some errors, when I read README file i find >this: > > BUILDING: > > >set-up these environment variables: > DBI_DSN The dbi data source, e.g. 'dbi:ODBC:YOUR_DSN_HERE' > DBI_USER The username to us

Perl module to operate on MS Excel files

2002-01-08 Thread William.Ampeh
Hello, I need to automate the extraction and insertion of cells from and into an Excel spreadsheet. Has anyone done something along this line? Currently, this is achieved via {save as}/{parse into} using a text or a ..csv file. Thank you. PS: I am running Perl in UNIX and Excel in WinNt. UN

RE: If...Statement

2002-01-08 Thread Jonathan E. Paton
> for(my $i=0; $i<22; $i++){}; #This will put > you at row 23. > $_=; > my $line=$_; > my $nextline=$line++; > if ((substr($line, 42, 7) eq "Running") || > (substr($nextline, 42, 7)eq > "Running")) while () { # Skip lines upto line 23 next if $.<22; # Process for li

About DBD-ODBC Module

2002-01-08 Thread Jose Vicente
I can't install the module because I get some errors, when I read README file i find this: BUILDING: set-up these environment variables: DBI_DSN The dbi data source, e.g. 'dbi:ODBC:YOUR_DSN_HERE' DBI_USER The username to use to connect to the database DBI_PASS The user

Re: why am I getting syntax errors ?

2002-01-08 Thread Matt C.
To simulate a case construct use someting like: /^[\t ]*$/ && do { print "blank\n" }; You just left out the "do". Also check out Config::IniFiles http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Config-IniFiles for text-based config files. Haven't used it, but will as it looks very cool. Matt --- Filip Sn

why am I getting syntax errors ?

2002-01-08 Thread Filip Sneppe
Hi, I have the following code to parse a config file: my @section_headers = ("general", "database", "preprocessing", "postprocessing", "queries"); while(<>) { /^[\t ]*$/ && { print "blank\n" }; /^[\t ]*#/ && { print "comment\n" }; /\[.*\]/ && { $config_section = (split

RE: file name matching

2002-01-08 Thread Mahon, Rick
I'm new to Perl, so take this with a grain of salt, but I did it like this: use strict; use File::Basename; my $basename; my $filename = 'yourfile.tag'; ($basename) = fileparse($filename, '\.tag'); print "basename = $basename\n"; # see perldoc File::Basename for more info. fileparse() can give

Re: If...Statement

2002-01-08 Thread Dave K
The question is a bit fuzzy, but try this at the command line, just for fun: perl -e 'my $line = "abrabracadabra";print $line++, " ", $line, "\n";' then consider this: #!D:/cygwin/bin/perl my ($i, $line, $nextline); open (TEXTF, "c:/temp/somelines.txt") or die "Evil forces keep me for doing what

Re: add text to a file.....Help

2002-01-08 Thread Matthew Peter Lyon
ohmygod lol - Original Message - > Homework Perl assignments? Where can I sign-up for that? :D -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: add text to a file.....Help

2002-01-08 Thread Agustin Rivera
Homework Perl assignments? Where can I sign-up for that? :D Personally, I learn far better by example than documentation. That's why I signed up for this group. Agustin Rivera Webmaster, Pollstar.com http://www.pollstar.com - Original Message - From: "Casey West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: Stripping records

2002-01-08 Thread Scott
Thank you David for taking the time to explain it. -Scott On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Wagner-David wrote: > When you do the read, the pointer(best I can think of) is set at the next >record. Unless you close the file and re-open the file, the next time you do a read >it will start where you left

RE: Stripping records

2002-01-08 Thread Wagner-David
When you do the read, the pointer(best I can think of) is set at the next record. Unless you close the file and re-open the file, the next time you do a read it will start where you left off. In a loop, which has the following setup: while ( ) { } Within the lo

file name matching

2002-01-08 Thread Scott
Morning: I need to scan a directory for files, they will be in pairs, a .tag file and a .txt file. I need to first make sure the .tag file(s) is there. If it is I need to check for the same prefix .txt file. Here is what I do to check for the file: ($scantag) = <*.tag>; @files = glob("*.t

Re: add text to a file.....Help

2002-01-08 Thread Agustin Rivera
open(FIRST, $firstfile) or die $!; open(SECOND, $secondfile) or die $!; @first=; @second=; foreach $first_line(@first) { foreach $second_line(@second) { chomp($first_line); chomp($second_line); print "$first_line$second_line\n"; } } Agustin Rivera Webmaster, Pollstar.c

Re: add text to a file.....Help

2002-01-08 Thread Casey West
Forgive me if my secret homework sensors are too sensitive but this sounds like a homework assignment. Because it sounds like a homework assignment, I'll give you pointers to the documentation which should be very useful. On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 08:47:33AM -0800, Peter Lemus wrote: : :Hi, :I ha

add text to a file.....Help

2002-01-08 Thread Peter Lemus
Hi, I have a file "1st file) that reads... one two three four five Anotherone "2nd file"that reads: day weeks months quarter year century I need to read the 2nd file and add the text from it to every word of the first 1st file. So it will look something like: oneday oneweek onemonth onequarter

RE: passing a hash using cgi.pm

2002-01-08 Thread Bob Showalter
> -Original Message- > From: Bob Showalter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:32 AM > To: 'Josiah Altschuler'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: passing a hash using cgi.pm > > Something like this should work, letting CGI.pm do the work > for you: > >my

RE: passing a hash using cgi.pm

2002-01-08 Thread Bob Showalter
> -Original Message- > From: Josiah Altschuler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:05 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: passing a hash using cgi.pm > > > Hi. I'm having trouble passing a hash from one program to > another through a > link using cgi.pm.

RE: If...Statement

2002-01-08 Thread McCollum, Frank
I am not sure, but I think it has to do with $nextline=$line++; It sounds like $line is a text string and you are autoincrementing it here? Maybe what you really want is $nextline++; to count the number of lines? -Original Message- From: Lance Prais [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tues

RE: pull line #1 from a file

2002-01-08 Thread John Edwards
That should work. The big problem with it is you are creating an array which contains the contents of the whole file. Then using only the first element of that array and ignoring the rest. Depending on the size of your file you could be wasting huge chunks of memory. -Original Message- Fr

RE: pull line #1 from a file

2002-01-08 Thread Yacketta, Ronald
would this be valid? or should I seek out a cleaner way? system("sed -e 's/'chomp($lines[0])'/'$db_name'/g' ../input/tmp.scr > $g_logpass"); just looking to replace line one in the file with a user supplied value. I have like 23 files to parse and change per run based on user input. > -Or

RE: pull line #1 from a file

2002-01-08 Thread Scott L. Ryan
OPEN(FILE, "<$g_all_sleepy) or die "Couldn't open the file"; @lines = ; CLOSE(FILE); Chomp @lines; $variable = $lines[0]; Scott Ryan OneTel.Net ISP Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02073319370 -Original Message- From: Yacketta, Ronald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 08 January 2002 16:06 To

passing a hash using cgi.pm

2002-01-08 Thread Josiah Altschuler
Hi. I'm having trouble passing a hash from one program to another through a link using cgi.pm. My first program passes the hash like this (it's actually a hash that is one element of an array of hashes): print pre a ( { -href => "http://140.247.111.176/cgi-bin/redundancies.pl?request=%{$clusArr

RE: pull line #1 from a file

2002-01-08 Thread Yacketta, Ronald
so so close... I had this OPEN(FILE, "< $g_all_sleepy); @lines = ; CLOSE(FILE); $lines[0]; # think this is right, its an array.. all arrays start at 0 not 1.. unless # perl is funky and dont ;) > -Original Message- > From: Casey West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: T

Re: pull line #1 from a file

2002-01-08 Thread Casey West
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 10:50:51AM -0500, Yacketta, Ronald wrote: : :Folks, : :need some minor help here.. been looking in the Cookbook for an example :to pull the first line from a file.. open FILE, "filename" or die $!; my $line = ; close FILE; Remember, is something you can iterate ove

Re: pull line #1 from a file

2002-01-08 Thread Agustin Rivera
open(IN, "test") or die $!; $line=; close(IN); print $line; Agustin Rivera Webmaster, Pollstar.com http://www.pollstar.com - Original Message - From: "Yacketta, Ronald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Beginners (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 7:50 AM Subject: pu

Re: pull line #1 from a file

2002-01-08 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Yacketta, Ronald wrote: > need some minor help here.. been looking in the Cookbook for an example > to pull the first line from a file.. First line? Just read from the file once and then close: open FILE, "$filename" or die "Can't open $filename: $!\n"; my $line = ; close

pull line #1 from a file

2002-01-08 Thread Yacketta, Ronald
Folks, need some minor help here.. been looking in the Cookbook for an example to pull the first line from a file.. Regards, Ron -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Import Appointments into Outlook using Perl and vCalendar

2002-01-08 Thread Booher Timothy B 1stLt AFRL/MNAC
Hello all, At our lab we constantly have emails sent out in the form: 7-15 JanTesting of Product X (POC: Joe Smith) Room 265 2 Jan Leaders Meeting (POC: John Doe)Room 121 8 Jan Review (POC: Tom) Room 30 I am trying to take these word document

Re: modules

2002-01-08 Thread Matt C.
We choose to manually install our modules for all of our environments. The CPAN module has a tendency to grab the latest and greatest of everything. One nice thing is to use the CPAN.pm to make a 'snapshot' of your modules and make a bundle out of them. Then just install your custom bundle. You

[ADMIN] CLOSED. Re: who is the method cop?

2002-01-08 Thread Casey West
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 10:05:23AM -0500, Bob Showalter wrote: : :> -Original Message- :> From: Gary Hawkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] :> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 10:35 PM :> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :> Subject: RE: who is the method cop? :> :> :> Is there a simple yet comprehensive

RE: who is the method cop?

2002-01-08 Thread Yacketta, Ronald
Better yet.. to ease the search and aid in proper development of a future perl user http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/ more Perl books can be found here http://perl.oreilly.com/ Regards, Ron > -Original Message- > From: Bob Showalter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, Jan

RE: who is the method cop?

2002-01-08 Thread Bob Showalter
> -Original Message- > From: Gary Hawkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 10:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: who is the method cop? > > > Unbelievably, I'm actually walking around not fully > understanding one or more > of these: > > Blessed var

Re: modules

2002-01-08 Thread Carlin Anderson
Does it matter what version of perl is currently running (I am on 5.61), and are there any concerns on using the automatic installation process against a production environment? Does the automatic process pick the right version of the module based on what is already installed? Thanks Carlin

Re: If...Statement

2002-01-08 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Jan 8, Lance Prais said: >for(my $i=0; $i<22; $i++){}; #This will put you at row 23. > $_=; > my $line=$_; > my $nextline=$line++; $line is a line of text from the file. Adding 1 to it will not make it the next line of the file. Also, $this = $that++ doesn't do what you might think

If...Statement

2002-01-08 Thread Lance Prais
I am trying to start on a specific line of code and read a sub string of that code and also read the next line in the sequence and a sub string of that line. If either of the values are false then do something. I am using the following code: for(my $i=0; $i<22; $i++){}; #This will put you at

Re: how to change directory in AIX in Perl ?

2002-01-08 Thread Andrea Holstein
Families Laws wrote: > > I tried to do a change directory and then do a tar of > the directory: > > My program: > > system("cd /usr/apps"); Like Jeff told, use the chdir function (perldoc -f chdir) > You should always check the return value of the system command. Note that return 0 is O

RE: Stripping records

2002-01-08 Thread Scott
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Wagner-David wrote: > If straight text, then could just read the first line and start on the second: > my $MyHdrLine = ; # get first line > WHILE ( ) { >} > You have bypassed first line(has carriage return still with it. > Now you start yo

Inline file edit

2002-01-08 Thread Yacketta, Ronald
Folks, looking for a clean way to change a value in a file on the fly before it is processed (ran). I have a perl script that kicks off several resource scripts (.scr) that are NOT a valid shell script and can not be ran from the command line alone. I need a way to modify these .scr scripts on th

Re: 'my' for each loop or no ?

2002-01-08 Thread Andrea Holstein
Prahlad Vaidyanathan wrote: > > Was wondering which of these 2 pieces of code is more efficient : > > > my $file ; > foreach $file (@tarred) { #do something ; } > foreach $file (@gzipped) { #do something else ; } > > > OR > > > foreach my $file (@tarred) { #do someth

Re: PGPLOT module compile problem

2002-01-08 Thread zentara
On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 20:34:18 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Zentara) wrote: >Hi, there is a nice perl package, called PDL, which uses PGPLOT.pm > >I have PDL running, but I only get the Trio output. The PGPLOT output >isn't working. > >Has anyone installed the PGPLOT perl module, and sucessfully >run

Re: 'my' for each loop or no ?

2002-01-08 Thread walter valenti
Hi, could be more efficient the first code, because you allocate, the memory space one single time. In the second code you allocate the memory space every time. Walter > Hi, > > Was wondering which of these 2 pieces of code is more efficient : > > > my $file ; > foreach $file (@ta

Web host interactivity question

2002-01-08 Thread Anderson, Carlin
Please respond to me directly as well as I have limited list access. I need to know if the following scenario is possible before I put forth the effort. I am running on a Sun server. 1. Read a database for packages which need tracking/delivery information. 2. format an HTML URL request based

'my' for each loop or no ?

2002-01-08 Thread Prahlad Vaidyanathan
Hi, Was wondering which of these 2 pieces of code is more efficient : my $file ; foreach $file (@tarred) { #do something ; } foreach $file (@gzipped) { #do something else ; } OR foreach my $file (@tarred) { #do something ; } foreach my $file (@gzipped) { #do some

PGPLOT module compile problem

2002-01-08 Thread zentara
Hi, there is a nice perl package, called PDL, which uses PGPLOT.pm I have PDL running, but I only get the Trio output. The PGPLOT output isn't working. Has anyone installed the PGPLOT perl module, and sucessfully run the tests? I can compile it fine but it chokes when I run the tests. I have c

RE: Password ---- cgi-perl-html

2002-01-08 Thread Peter Cornelius
The way that I have done this in the past is to set a cookie after the initial authentication. On all pages that require authentication you check for the cookie and validate that it hasn't been tampered with. If this check fails you redirect the user to the login page. To prevent tampering you

Re: Filehandle problem

2002-01-08 Thread Jos I. Boumans
well, i'm guessing, from the error msg that you got that you have: Too many files specified what is in $cmd? are you sure it's a command NT or Cygwin understand? what happens if you just run the $cmd on a prompt? why don't you check the return value of open? if it fails, what's in $! ? in short,

Re: A tk question

2002-01-08 Thread walter valenti
I think thath is a problem of implementation of TK on Win/DOS. On Linux with Gnome Desktop i'm tries something script with TK, opening new window by a button, without problem. if you post all the code is best... Walter > I have a TK issue. > > This code creates the initial TK box. > > >>

file

2002-01-08 Thread walter valenti
Hi, how is possible know if a file is open in read/write by another process ??? Thanks Walter _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For a

Filehandle problem

2002-01-08 Thread K.Srinivas
Hi, I have been trying to run a piece of perl code in NT that I usually run in UNIX. I am showing the part of code where I am facing the problem. open (CPP, "$cmd |"); while () { chomp(); # Remov

perldoc formatting issues

2002-01-08 Thread Philip Mak
When I use "perldoc" (e.g. "perldoc -f open"), I see stuff like this: You may use C<&> after C>, CE>, C>, C<+ E>, C<+EE>, and C<+E>. How can I make it display those formatting codes properly? Also, is there a way to make it color code things, so that e.g. C<> and L<> are colored differently? --