converting "strange" characters

2002-11-19 Thread Duarte Cordeiro
Hi, As everyone, I have a bunch of "titles" to parse. For each title I must create a directory with a similar name, and within that directory a file called area.txt that has the title name inside. No problem with that, but the directory names can't contain spaces, quote, double quote... that pa

Re: Declare $main::scalar in begin with 'use strict'

2002-11-19 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Nov 19, Wiggins d'Anconia said: >Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: > > >> If you're using Perl 5.6, I have the solution for you. You can use the >> INIT block. It is executed immediately after compile-time. > >For clarification, this is 5.6. and anything after, correct? Yes, good point. -- Jeff "

Re: Declare $main::scalar in begin with 'use strict'

2002-11-19 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: If you're using Perl 5.6, I have the solution for you. You can use the INIT block. It is executed immediately after compile-time. For clarification, this is 5.6. and anything after, correct? http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: Special Name for @ Element

2002-11-19 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Nov 19, Sturdevant-Contractor, Robert W said: >Is there a special name (like $_) to identify the array element being >addressed as in the following code: > >foreach $element (@array) { do something }; I think you mean "array index". $element is the array element. And no, there is no such fea

Re: Declare $main::scalar in begin with 'use strict'

2002-11-19 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Nov 19, Dr. Poo said: >I'm trying to declare a variable $log that is a reference to an array that >will contain the small amounts of data that need to be logged throughout a >backup script i'm working on. I'd like to declare this scalar reference in >the BEGIN function, but i can't use it outsi

Re[2]: System/Exec/Fork ... Help!

2002-11-19 Thread Evgeny Chuykov
Hallo. Jason [Tuesday, November 19, 2002, 10:11:45 PM]: JF> But, if I go the way of the fork, the program cannot be broken down into JF> lots of mini-programs which are designed to do a single job.. everything JF> would have to be rolled into one larger program with (I'm guessing here) JF> multipl

Mail::Sender question

2002-11-19 Thread Goodman Kristi - kgoodm
I have the code (below) that works fine with the older version of MAIL::SENDER (v0.7.06) but will not send with the new version of MAIL::SENDER (v0.7.14.1) . Any thoughts? $sender = new Mail::Sender {smtp=> 'mail.conway.acxiom.com', from=> $assigned . '@acxiom.com',to=> $dcarep . '@acx

Re: Declare $main::scalar in begin with 'use strict'

2002-11-19 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
Dr. Poo wrote: I'm trying to declare a variable $log that is a reference to an array that will contain the small amounts of data that need to be logged throughout a backup script i'm working on. I'd like to declare this scalar reference in the BEGIN function, but i can't use it outside of the

Declare $main::scalar in begin with 'use strict'

2002-11-19 Thread Dr. Poo
I'm trying to declare a variable $log that is a reference to an array that will contain the small amounts of data that need to be logged throughout a backup script i'm working on. I'd like to declare this scalar reference in the BEGIN function, but i can't use it outside of the BEGIN function if

RE: Cannot get shell to copy directories from within a Perl scrip t

2002-11-19 Thread Timothy Johnson
Try passing $safe as a parameter to backThatThangUp(). Also, the ampersand before the function name is really not used anymore, and is supposed to denote that you wish to turn off prototyping. Anyway, try passing $safe as a parameter, and add the following line at the beginning of the function:

RE: Running one perl program from another

2002-11-19 Thread wiggins
This has been recently discussed on this list, here is a link to the archive if you would like to see the old postings: http://archive.develooper.com/beginners%40perl.org/msg37069.html http://archive.develooper.com/beginners%40perl.org/ In particular you should check out perldoc -f system if you

Cannot get shell to copy directories from within a Perl script

2002-11-19 Thread Charlotte Oliver
Hello all -- The script I'm working on is here: #!/usr/bin/perl # A script to back up all of the important information on . # Written by: Charlotte M. Oliver # Written on: 11/13/02 use strict; # Be pedantic. my ($safe, $getDirs, $backThatThangUp, @directories, $copy); $safe =

Re: Big hash question.

2002-11-19 Thread david
Mark wrote: > > I want to be able to determine what zone a zip code falls in from a user > input. Once I write the hash, the data contained within it will remain > unchanged throughout the script except maybe for the occasional update if > things change. > > I am just unsure of which approach w

RE: Special Name for @ Element

2002-11-19 Thread Perry, Alan
Yep, just leave off the "$element" from the statement you wrote. Then you can use $_ for the current element. Example: @array = ("first", "second", "third", "fourth"); foreach (@array) { print "$_\n"; } would print first second third fourth - Alan -Original Message- From: Sturdevan

Re: System/Exec/Fork ... Help!

2002-11-19 Thread Jason Frisvold
Hrm.. didn't think of that ... *heh* Good idea ... I'm gonna use the Proc::Daemon module though .. seems to do exactly what I need without messing with forking directly... On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 21:29, Steve Grazzini wrote: > That's all more or less correct, but you're missing a fundamental >

Special Name for @ Element

2002-11-19 Thread Sturdevant-Contractor, Robert W
Hi all, Is there a special name (like $_) to identify the array element being addressed as in the following code: foreach $element (@array) { do something }; In other words, the above iterates thru the array finding elements $array[0..n]. Can I tell the specific element being enumerated using a

Re: System/Exec/Fork ... Help!

2002-11-19 Thread Steve Grazzini
Jason Frisvold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm writing a monitoring system (Yes, still... Finally got the > go-ahead to do this) and my design calls for a central "Smart" > Daemon that spawns and monitors the lesser Daemons that do the > actual monitoring. My problem is that I'm not sure how

Running one perl program from another

2002-11-19 Thread pat
I have read the perl docs again and agin, please can SKS show me how to run one perl program from another - I have a menu program that has as an option the running of a second (menua.pl) program and just can't find out how to do it. I supect that its akin to runnning a bash comand from perl but

Re: Big hash question.

2002-11-19 Thread wiggins
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:41:09 -0500, "mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I want to be able to determine what zone a zip code falls in from a user > input. Once I write the hash, the data contained within it will remain > unchanged throughout the

Re: Big hash question.

2002-11-19 Thread wiggins
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:41:09 -0500, "mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A really good hash tutorial would be of excellent help if anyone can guide > me to an online one. Bare in mind that I am a novice. :-) > This should get you started:

Re: need help with a bug

2002-11-19 Thread Danijel Tasov
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 11:34:24AM -0500, Sam Harris wrote: > I hve the follwing lines which are ginving error on line 1, please help > , thanks Do you want to tell us which error is shown? bye, Da.Ta. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: need help with a bug

2002-11-19 Thread Gavin Laking
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:34:24 -0500 "Sam Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hve the follwing lines which are ginving error on line 1, please > help, thanks > > use Digest::MD5 qw(md5); This line should be written as: use Digest::MD5; qw(md5); A

Re: Big hash question.

2002-11-19 Thread mark
I want to be able to determine what zone a zip code falls in from a user input. Once I write the hash, the data contained within it will remain unchanged throughout the script except maybe for the occasional update if things change. I am just unsure of which approach would be the best or if I ha

need help with a bug

2002-11-19 Thread Sam Harris
I hve the follwing lines which are ginving error on line 1, please help , thanks use Digest::MD5 qw(md5); $md5 = new Digest::MD5; open(PASSWD,"/etc/passwd") or die "Unable to open passwd:$!\n"; # these two lines called also be rolled into one: # print Digest::MD5->new->addfile(PASSWD)->hexdigest

Re: System/Exec/Fork ... Help!

2002-11-19 Thread Jason Frisvold
I believe I have an answer to this now ... In talking with a local perl programmer, he mentioned the Daemon modules on CPAN. I did some research and it looks like I can use the Proc::Daemon module to do exactly what I want. Basically, it forks itself immediately and "detaches" itself from the

RE: Hide password entry

2002-11-19 Thread Perry, Alan
>From perlfaq8, How do I ask the user for a password? (This question has nothing to do with the web. See a different FAQ for that.) There's an example of this in crypt in the perlfunc manpage. First, you put the terminal into ``no echo'' mode, then just read the password normally. You may do thi

Re: Big hash question.

2002-11-19 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Nov 18, mark said: >Should I list zones as the name component with zips as a list of values and >try to work through the values to establish a zip's zone identity. > >%zone={ >one => [370,422..430,476,490..500] >two=> [200..232,388] >Or should list all the possible zips as the name component w

Hide password entry

2002-11-19 Thread Rob Das
Hi All: I'm trying to hide the entry on the screen of a password as it's being entered on Windows NT. In Unix I can simply use system "stty -echo"; but "echo off" in NT does not do the trick. Can anyone suggest a Perl method, or an NT method please? Thanks Rob Das Oracle DBA MEDecision.com 61

Re: problems with variables

2002-11-19 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Nov 19, Nandita Shenvi said: >I have variable $e-mail the value of the var is an e-mail address, now I >would like to to store the value of the variable under another name for >example email_id001 or email_id$i, where $i is just a interger. No. You do not want $email1, $email2, $email3, $ema

Re: problems with variables

2002-11-19 Thread PRADEEP GOEL
Hi Nandita I think you just want to concat no.s to ids probably this may help $em = "nandita\@yahoo.com" ; ## " \ " to remove spcl meaning of @ $i = "001"; $emid = $em.$i; or## $emid1 = "$em$i"; print " $emid or $emid1 "; - Original Message - From: "Nandita Shenvi" <[E

RE: problems with variables

2002-11-19 Thread Beau E. Cox
Hi - 1) Variable names consist of a type ($ @ % ...) followed by [a-zA-Z0-9_] so your variable $e-mail is an invalid name (perl would read this as $e - mail and choke. It should be my $e_mail; (but this was prob only your typo). 2) assign the value to move it to another variable:

Transport endpoint is not connected:tcp socket

2002-11-19 Thread naveen prabhakar
experts pls help. Hello,If this is a question for a different group,could someone please redirect me. I am kind of beginner with socket prog .I am just trying to connect a server and a client.I am unable to receive data from the client. my output is port :2354 addr = 2 127.0.0.1 cant receiv

Re: Big hash question.

2002-11-19 Thread mark
An equally valuable answer to my question would be a good online tutorial about using perl hashs inside out. I haven't found that yet. Most of the stuff I find in the documentation at perldoc are brief and lack any real indepth discussion of the number of ways to use a hash. Also, do the archive

Re: System/Exec/Fork ... Help!

2002-11-19 Thread Jason Frisvold
But, if I go the way of the fork, the program cannot be broken down into lots of mini-programs which are designed to do a single job.. everything would have to be rolled into one larger program with (I'm guessing here) multiple fork points to handle each different type of system I'm trying to run .

problems with variables

2002-11-19 Thread Nandita Shenvi
hallo All, My problem, i will explain in terms of an example: I have variable $e-mail the value of the var is an e-mail address, now I would like to to store the value of the variable under another name for example email_id001 or email_id$i, where $i is just a interger. The problem may seem

RE: FILTER

2002-11-19 Thread Javeed SAR
yes u r right,but i want to move to local drive(c:) of my system. This rules wizard moves to the folders that u have created in outlook. Regards j@veed SIEMENS Bangalore, India. Tel: (Off) +91-80-8521122 Extn: 4919 (Dir) +91-80-8091919 Fax: +91-80-8521337 -Original Message- F

RE: FILTER

2002-11-19 Thread David Samuelsson (PAC)
I wouldnt use perl for this. In outlook you have an rules wizard that can move mails when they arrive to a diffrent folder, but yes its sure is "doable" in perl, but why invent the wheel again? //Dave -Original Message- From: Javeed SAR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: den 19 november 2

Re: FILTER

2002-11-19 Thread Gavin Laking
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:57:58 +0530 Javeed SAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can i filter incoming e-mails. > I am using exchange server (outlook) on win2k. You can sure filter emails but I'm not sure how to with Exchange Server and Win2k. If you'd sa