A perldoc trick in Google

2002-03-08 Thread patrick hall
Hi all, Hope this isn't too off-topic, but I've found a pretty useful way to look up Perl documentation, which usually works pretty well. (Assuming you're online.) Say you want to look up the docs for the 'open' function. Just go to Google and do: perldoc open I know, it's weird. But usually i

RE: Win32::API module

2002-03-08 Thread Timothy Johnson
What version of Perl are you using? If you are using ActiveState, then you can download it via PPM. ppm -install win32-api -Original Message- From: Morse, Loretta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 12:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Win32::API module Does

Win32::API module

2002-03-08 Thread Morse, Loretta
Does anyone know how to install the Win32::API module onto a Win2K professional system? I found this module on cpan but the instructions call for 'make' and 'make' is not available on Win32. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: suidperl problem

2002-03-08 Thread Robert Brandtjen
On Friday 08 March 2002 05:37 pm, Patrik Schaub [FMS] wrote: > killproc: Can not signal TERM to process with pid 8422: Operation not > permitted > > how can this be ? what am i missing ? > > > any help or hints are welcome www.webmin.com / please do read the security set ups. -- Robert Brandtjen

suidperl problem

2002-03-08 Thread Patrik Schaub [FMS]
hi list, i want to start/stop/restart diffrent server-daemons with a perl script. the script needs to have root rights in order to do this, but it will be used by another user. suidperl seems to be the only way to achive this. ok, so i wrot a suidperl script, untainted the necessary stuff, and

Re: Updated Perl to 5.6.1

2002-03-08 Thread Robert Brandtjen
On Friday 08 March 2002 05:10 pm, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote: > http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_make_bundle > > use the autobundle feature of CPAN.pm > > e. thank-you very much - there are hundreds in there... -- Robert Brandtjen -- Web Si

Re: Updated Perl to 5.6.1

2002-03-08 Thread Elaine -HFB- Ashton
Robert Brandtjen [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: *>Ok - I have very little experience with CPAN - other then a simple download *>and install of a new module. *> *>Now that I have iupgraded from 5.6 to 5.6.1 (on RH7.2) is there someway to *>automate the updating of all those perl mods that are listed

RE: text editors

2002-03-08 Thread Najamuddin, Junaid
Textpad is one good option It has bunch of nice things built into it http://www.wowwebdesigns.com/tools/id_20/ junaid -Original Message- From: ss004b3324 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 2:17 AM To: Beginners Subject: RE: text editors > Speaking of text editors

Export from MSOutlook

2002-03-08 Thread Goodman Kristi - kgoodm
Does anyone know if it is possible to export emails from MS Outlook as TXT files using Perl? Thanks! Kristi The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named

Problem with EXE created by PerlApp

2002-03-08 Thread Jason Larson
__Disclaimer__ ***Sorry about the giant company disclaimer at the end*** I have a script (script follows signature) that works just fine when executed at the command line (i.e. perl.exe fixnetrcname.pl). I want to make this an executable to distribute to systems that don't have Perl installed, bu

Re: Undefined subroutine

2002-03-08 Thread Jonathan E. Paton
> Greetings everyone, > > I have a script serving pages on our website, and > every now and then it gives me an Internal Error > and the logs say: > > [Thu Mar 7 15:19:33 2002] [error] Undefined > subroutine &pollstar::singleadvert called at > /home/pollstar/tour/newsearchall.pl line 1026. > >

RE: rsh hangs when used to launch a perl script.

2002-03-08 Thread Nikola Janceski
What OS? What version of the OS? what version of rsh (if any)? what are you rshing to? We need more info. -Original Message- From: Bertrand, Jean-Francois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 2:55 PM To: Beginners (E-mail) Subject: rsh hangs when used to launch a perl s

rsh hangs when used to launch a perl script.

2002-03-08 Thread Bertrand, Jean-Francois
Hi, I launch a script through rsh (or ssh) and it hangs. The script runs properly, but the rsh never ends. I tried closing STDOUT, STDERR and STDIN, to no avail. Is there a solution to this problem? Jean-François Bertrand -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

IF statements and timestamps

2002-03-08 Thread Aaron Shurts
I have some code that looks like this: if (($duration < 600) && (($ts > $ts_offp) && ($ts < $ts_end))) { $$data{$csid}{under_off} += 1; $$data{$csid}{duration_offd} += $duration; $$data{$csid}{total_off_callsd} += 1; } The problem being it doesn't look

RE: over-writing a file

2002-03-08 Thread Scott Lutz
Re : perldoc -q "I just want to increment the number in the file" How does one find (out about) these obscure perldoc functions? My word! Scott Lutz Pacific Online Support Phone: 604.638.6010 Fax: 604.638.6020 Toll Free: 1.877.503.9870 http://www.paconline.net -Original Message- From

MIME::Lite need help

2002-03-08 Thread anthony
Hi, i have started to learn MIME::Lite and i have problmes for the sending part , i want my script to use the servers's default mailprog. This is how i did it(and i have an error) ## $to= param('to'); $subject=param('subject'); $text =param('text'); MIME::Lite->send("sendmail", "$mailprog -t

RE: Invoke MS EXCELL From Perl

2002-03-08 Thread Hewlett Pickens
As M. Kirk DeBaets pointed out in earlier post, GD is available for the Win32 Perl distribution. He graciously explained how to use PPM to download the modules and they work as advertised. That's the nice thing about this list. Folks are always willing to assist. I didn't even know about PPM pr

RE: Finding words between words...

2002-03-08 Thread Timothy Johnson
That makes sense. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Jason Larson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 8:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Timothy Johnson Cc: 'Daniel Falkenberg '; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Finding words between words... > -Original Message-

Updated Perl to 5.6.1

2002-03-08 Thread Robert Brandtjen
Ok - I have very little experience with CPAN - other then a simple download and install of a new module. Now that I have iupgraded from 5.6 to 5.6.1 (on RH7.2) is there someway to automate the updating of all those perl mods that are listed under 5.6 but not 5.6.1? WHat I mean to say is, can I

RE: Finding words between words...

2002-03-08 Thread Jason Larson
> -Original Message- > From: Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Cc: 'Daniel Falkenberg '; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Finding words between words... > > > On Mar 7, Timothy Johnson said: > > >From: Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan > > > >> ($btwn) = $str =~ /In:(.*)Your/; > > > >

Re: A training program on pdf scripting

2002-03-08 Thread Elaine -HFB- Ashton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: *> *>Basically what I am looking for is manipulating pdf files (create *>bookmarks, extract and insert pdf sheets) without using AcrobatExchange or *>any pdf related packages. http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=PDF-API2 http://partners.adobe.com/asn/d

Re: problems installing a module

2002-03-08 Thread Elaine -HFB- Ashton
PJ [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: *>Hello everyone, *> *>I'm trying to install my first module, and after one fairly embarrassing *>mistake with nmake, I seem to be having more trouble. If you have ActivePerl use the ppm utility. If not you might find http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/perl/README.wi

RE: help with perl/Tk

2002-03-08 Thread murphy, daniel (BMC Eng)
O'R has recently replaced their "Learning Perl/Tk" with "Mastering Perl/Tk". I haven't gotten a good look at it, but it's much more substantial (700+ pages) than its predecessor. As much as people dumped on "Learning Perl/Tk", it got me started on some simple apps, but I'm a newbie GUI guy. I th

RE: text editors

2002-03-08 Thread Russ Foster
If you're look for something Perl-specific... Open Perl IDE has syntax hilighting, breakpoints, variable watch, etc. (And it's free). http://open-perl-ide.sourceforge.net/ -rjf > -Original Message- > From: michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 23:36 > To

Re: over-writing a file

2002-03-08 Thread Jon Molin
Anette Seiler wrote: > > Hi Ken, > > I encountered exactly the same problem today: How to read a file > AND change something in it? I was not able to do both of them at > the same time. > > I am sure there is a more correct way to do it, but my solution (in > the spirit of TIMTOWTDI) was to wri

RE: text editors

2002-03-08 Thread Jason Larson
> -Original Message- > From: michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Subject: text editors > > Speaking of text editors, anyone know of a good one that has > line #ing > for W2K? Free, of course (I am a student). I'm still testing a number of them myself, but so far I like ConTEXT for PERL

Re: over-writing a file

2002-03-08 Thread Anette Seiler
Hi Ken, I encountered exactly the same problem today: How to read a file AND change something in it? I was not able to do both of them at the same time. I am sure there is a more correct way to do it, but my solution (in the spirit of TIMTOWTDI) was to write to a temporary file and then ren

Re: silly question

2002-03-08 Thread William.Ampeh
A good forum is the linux forum. Go to www.redhat.com, and join a group in your geographical region. A good forum is [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ William Ampeh (x3939) Federal Reserve Board -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECT

A training program on pdf scripting

2002-03-08 Thread William.Ampeh
This may be of the topic, but I was wondering if anyone on this list is aware of a training center that offers a course on Adobe pdf programming or scripting. I have been on Adobe's page but could not find anything in this line. Basically what I am looking for is manipulating pdf files (create bo

Re: over-writing a file

2002-03-08 Thread John W. Krahn
Ken Cole wrote: > > Hi, Hello, > I have a file with say the value "02" in it. > > I can open the file, lock the file, read the value, increment the value > and do a write but the write always appends and never over-writes the > exisitng value. I of course then unlock and close. > > I do a se

RE: Error installing package

2002-03-08 Thread Peter_Farrar
Now I can! "Timothy Johnson" To: [

over-writing a file

2002-03-08 Thread Ken Cole
Hi, I have a file with say the value "02" in it. I can open the file, lock the file, read the value, increment the value and do a write but the write always appends and never over-writes the exisitng value. I of course then unlock and close. I do a seek before the write to the beginning of the

problems installing a module

2002-03-08 Thread PJ
Hello everyone, I'm trying to install my first module, and after one fairly embarrassing mistake with nmake, I seem to be having more trouble. I unZip the file to Perl/lib and from the command line I enter: C:\Perl\lib\Text-CSV_XS-0.21.tar\Text-CSV_XS-0.21>perl makefile.pl Writing Makefile for

RE: text editors

2002-03-08 Thread ss004b3324
> Speaking of text editors, anyone know of a good one that has > line #ing > for W2K? Free, of course (I am a student). Syn - line numbering and lots more: http://web.utanet.at/ascherst/syn/index.html Shaun --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.