Re: Daemon::Easy and self-killing

2009-10-14 Thread Steve Bertrand
Michael Pobega wrote: > I'm using the Daemon::Easy module to write a basic Perl daemon, but I'm > wondering if there is a way to stop the daemon from within the script (as > opposed to running "./script.pl stop")? Currently I have a subroutine to do > this, but it doesn't seem to cleanly erase the

Daemon::Easy and self-killing

2009-10-14 Thread Michael Pobega
I'm using the Daemon::Easy module to write a basic Perl daemon, but I'm wondering if there is a way to stop the daemon from within the script (as opposed to running "./script.pl stop")? Currently I have a subroutine to do this, but it doesn't seem to cleanly erase the pid file. > &killMe { >

Use of eval()

2009-10-14 Thread Steve Bertrand
Hi all, Although I've read the docs and have been practising with it, I'm a bit confused on the use of eval(). For some reason, it took a few swings of the hammer to get past wanting to look for array elements within $@ :P I think I now understand the dangers of using eval() to trap errors, whic

Re: Larry's filename fixer

2009-10-14 Thread Jim Gibson
On 10/14/09 Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:38 PM, "Felix Dorner" scribbled: > Hi, > > I did the best book purchase in years: The Perl Cookbook. They have an > example that seems to come right from Larry Wall himself. And I don't > get it. I can use it but I don't understand why it works with wildcards. >

RE: Larry's filename fixer

2009-10-14 Thread David Christensen
felix_do wrote: > I did the best book purchase in years: The Perl Cookbook. They have > an example that seems to come right from Larry Wall himself. And I > don't get it. I can use it but I don't understand why it works with > wildcards. > $op = shift or die "Usage: rename expr [files]\n"; chomp (@

Re: Larry's filename fixer

2009-10-14 Thread Shawn H Corey
Felix Dorner wrote: > Hi, > > I did the best book purchase in years: The Perl Cookbook. They have an > example that seems to come right from Larry Wall himself. And I don't > get it. I can use it but I don't understand why it works with wildcards. > > $op = shift or die "Usage: rename expr [files

Larry's filename fixer

2009-10-14 Thread Felix Dorner
Hi, I did the best book purchase in years: The Perl Cookbook. They have an example that seems to come right from Larry Wall himself. And I don't get it. I can use it but I don't understand why it works with wildcards. $op = shift or die "Usage: rename expr [files]\n"; chomp (@ARGV = ) unless

Re: Sorting mixed alphanumerics

2009-10-14 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: Shawn H Corey > Jenda Krynicky wrote: > > ST is an overkill if the extraction is simple. > > > > Especially if the number of items is fairly small. > > > > Actually if the extraction is really simple and the extracted key is > > not so small, than ST may perform worse than an ordinary so

RE: Sorting mixed alphanumerics

2009-10-14 Thread Hall, Scott
>-Original Message- >From: Rick Triplett [mailto:r...@reason.net] >Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:09 PM >To: Perl Beginners >Subject: Sorting mixed alphanumerics > >I need to sort the keys in a hash. The keys are the question number >and the values are the student's answer. A numeric s

Re: Panic when decrypting

2009-10-14 Thread Uri Guttman
> "FJ" == Fisher, John writes: FJ> It throws out this message like this and stops - FJ> "panic: sv_setpvn called with negative strlen at encrypt_ssn_2_live_STDIN_or_INFILE.pl line 108, line 1249." FJ> #!/usr/bin/perl -w FJ> use Crypt::GCrypt; a meta comment. this isn't what

Re: Sorting mixed alphanumerics

2009-10-14 Thread Uri Guttman
> "SHC" == Shawn H Corey writes: SHC> Jenda Krynicky wrote: >> ST is an overkill if the extraction is simple. >> >> Especially if the number of items is fairly small. >> >> Actually if the extraction is really simple and the extracted key is >> not so small, than ST may perf

Panic when decrypting

2009-10-14 Thread Fisher, John
I have written a Perl script which I have used for years to decrypt at the field level in a file. Occasionally I get a problem file. It throws out this message like this and stops - "panic: sv_setpvn called with negative strlen at encrypt_ssn_2_live_STDIN_or_INFILE.pl line 108, line 1249.

Re: Sorting mixed alphanumerics

2009-10-14 Thread Shawn H Corey
Jenda Krynicky wrote: > ST is an overkill if the extraction is simple. > > Especially if the number of items is fairly small. > > Actually if the extraction is really simple and the extracted key is > not so small, than ST may perform worse than an ordinary sort doing > the extraction within t

Re: Sorting mixed alphanumerics

2009-10-14 Thread Jenda Krynicky
Date sent: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:03:13 -0400 From: Shawn H Corey To: Rick Triplett Copies to: Perl Beginners Subject:Re: Sorting mixed alphanumerics > Rick Triplett wrote: > > I need to sort the keys in a hash. The ke

Re: Sorting mixed alphanumerics

2009-10-14 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:09:09AM -0500, Rick Triplett wrote: > I need to sort the keys in a hash. The keys are the question number and > the values are the student's answer. A numeric sort with <=> won't work > since retaking a missed question (say, 2) produces the new key, 2h with > its new a

Re: Sorting mixed alphanumerics

2009-10-14 Thread Shawn H Corey
Rick Triplett wrote: > I need to sort the keys in a hash. The keys are the question number and > the values are the student's answer. A numeric sort with <=> won't work > since retaking a missed question (say, 2) produces the new key, 2h with > its new answer. A representative hash might look like

Sorting mixed alphanumerics

2009-10-14 Thread Rick Triplett
I need to sort the keys in a hash. The keys are the question number and the values are the student's answer. A numeric sort with <=> won't work since retaking a missed question (say, 2) produces the new key, 2h with its new answer. A representative hash might look like this 1 => b 2h => c 3