Re: what is wrong with this simple format?

2001-09-14 Thread Alexander Bjelke
hmmm, I have testet the script on a machine with perl 5.6 and there it worked. Is the format definitions different in perl 4? Alexander -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

what is wrong with this simple format?

2001-09-14 Thread Alexander Bjelke
$date = "somedate"; format AREPORT = @> $date . Im getting the following error: Format not terminated in file ./asts_report.pl at line 39, next char ^? Execution of ./arepo

getting the output from a system call into variable

2001-09-10 Thread Alexander Bjelke
I want to get the output from the following command into an variable: system("date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"); I have tried: $output = system("date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"); But that does not work (only get 0 in that variable). Please help! Alexander -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For addition

having two versions of perl possible?

2001-09-04 Thread Alexander Bjelke
At work I only have access to Perl v. 4 which seems very different from Perl v. 5 which I have used before. Is it painless to install Perl 5 without modifing the Perl 4 version? Is it OK to just install it another place than where Perl 4 is? It is very important that I don't in any way interfere