Authenticating to the proxy---anyone ?

asked my proxy details but it didn't help... -Original Message----- From: Aman Thind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 4:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Authenticating to the proxy Hullo Friends I need to authenticate to a proxy server in order to access th

Authenticating to the proxy

Hullo Friends I need to authenticate to a proxy server in order to access the internet. How can I do this so that my lwp scripts may run ? I tried this but am still unable to connect to the net : use LWP::UserAgent; $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new; $ua->proxy(['http', 'ftp'] => 'http://myproxyser

RE: help perl ftp

when you see the outcome of your search for Net::FTP on search.cpan.org you see something like : Net::FTP FTP Client Class perl-5.8.0 - Date - author Net::FTP FTP Client Class libnet-1.16 - Date - author DON'T click on Net::FTP, that is where you're finding the **theorotical explanation** click

RE: Cookies rejected

hat a submit() would send the msg on it's way... Thanks you so much aman -Original Message- From: Todd Wade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 11:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cookies rejected "Aman Thind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Cookies rejected

e how to overcome this. Thanks in anticipation, aman -Original Message- From: Aman Thind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 2:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Log into a site and do stuff Hi I am working on a module that occasionally needs to raise alarms by sending sm

Log into a site and do stuff

Hi I am working on a module that occasionally needs to raise alarms by sending sms to concerned ppl. For this, I would like to login to the site : www.sms.ac The login page is http://www.sms.sc/login.asp Then I have to go to the main page , fill the To: and Message: textboxes and send sms. I h

RE: ABOR message using Net::FTP

||Reconnect(); so that Reconnect is called when =ABOR springs up to make my life miserable... Thank you so much Aman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:14 PM To: Aman Thind; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ABOR message using Net:

ABOR message using Net::FTP

Hi My ftp script sometimes stops working after throwing an ABOR message :( I invoke the ftp as : $ftp->append(\*FH,$remotefile)||Reconnect(); But when ABOR comes, reconnect is not called. However if i take my machine out of the network while doing the ftp, it invokes Reconnect() as it should.

Sending free SMS through perl

Hi All How can I send a free SMS through perl ? I am fighting a losing battle with WWW-SMS-0.09. I created an account on gomobile.ch but everytime i try to send an sms using gomobile as the submodule I get an error msg saying my number is not compatible with gomobile gateway...however it took th

Synchronization of FTP servers

Hi This is a typical situation in companies with development teams spread around the globe. I have FTP servers - in India , US & Switzerland. Builds are being made in India and being put on the Indian server. Any tips how I could transfer the contents to the remote servers ? I've been using Ne

Q : How to resume an ftp session + RE: Timeout at C:/Perl/lib/Net /FTP.pm line 741

- From: Dan Muey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 8:06 PM To: Aman Thind; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Timeout at C:/Perl/lib/Net/FTP.pm line 741 What are the parameteres that are different and which are the same? Is then one ftp server set to timeout after xx amount

Timeout at C:/Perl/lib/Net/FTP.pm line 741

Hi all , I have currently two ftp uploads being made from my machine. I am using the Net::FTP for the recursive transfer of product builds to germany. While one script is successfully transferring, the other is aborting with the following error : Timeout at C:/Perl/lib/Net/FTP.pm line 741 Both

applescript power for perl on macintosh

Hi all Is there a module which would give me the power of applescripts on Mac OS 9 / 10 ? How can I invoke an application and pass it parameters like I can using applescript with methods provided in that application's dictionary ? Eg. I want to invoke Mac Metrowerks CodeWarrior, tell it the path

RE: Sent time in a Net::SMTP mail

] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 8:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Sent time in a Net::SMTP mail From: Aman Thind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thanks a lot Jenda...u're a real wizard :) Shame I can't even get drunk :-} > There are still just two minor issues which I tho

RE: Sent time in a Net::SMTP mail

Thanks a lot Jenda...u're a real wizard :) There are still just two minor issues which I thought I should bring to your notice... The time displayed is 30 mins more than the actual time here. The To \ From tab now reads : Aman Thind [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]. Can't I just do away with

Sent time in a Net::SMTP mail

x27;); # Who will receive the notification mail? $smtp->to('[EMAIL PROTECTED]','[EMAIL PROTECTED]','[EMAIL PROTECTED]' ); #place the actual data within the email $smtp->data(); $smtp->datasend("Content-type: text/html\n"); $smtp

Error msg executing Berkeley DB

Hi I am trying to configure the mozilla tinderbox on a unix machine. In order to execute a query , I am using the Berkeley DB and DB_File modules. I am getting the following error message : cvstest:/usr/local/lxr # perl search DB_File object version 1.806 does not match bootstrap parameter 1.80

RE: picking numbers out of a file and operating on them

Hi, # == # # Perl Source File -- Created with SAPIEN Technologies PrimalSCRIPT(TM) # # NAME: # # AUTHOR: Aman Thind , Quark Inc # DATE : 12/16/2002 # # PURPOSE

RE: again a regex help needed

Hi $file1='doctobepublish.new.pdf'; if ($file1 =~ /\.[^\.]*\./) { print "Multiple Dots!"; } else { print "Single Dot!"; } -aman. -Original Message- From: Marco Centemeri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 12:41 PM To: Perl Beginners Mailing List Subject: again a

Extracting plain text from MS Word Document

Hi I need to extract the text from a word document. I know how to : Print a word document using the default printer : - use strict; use Win32::OLE; u

RE: random string

Miss P > Some people say that I have to pay for writing the script. Me > ???what are such ppl doing here anyway??? we're all here to help each other out aren't we ? these ppl are requested to put their hoardings elsewhere... pay and that too for a beginner exerc

RE: reg ex question

Hi Melanie If it's regex you wanna use, here it is : $fullpath = '/usr/local/home/mel/file.txt'; $fullpath =~ /(.*)\/(.*)\.(.*)/; $path = $1; $file = $2; $ext = $3; -aman. -Original Message- From: Melanie Rouette [mailto:mrouette@;omnisig.com] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 8:49 PM To

RE: date

Hi Ray $sec = (localtime())[0]; $min = (localtime())[1]; $hour = (localtime())[2]; print "Time => $hour : $min : $sec\n"; $day = (localtime())[3]; $month = (localtime())[4] + 1; $year = (localtime())[5]; $year = $year + 1900; print "Date => $month \\ $day \\ $year"; -aman. -Original Message

RE: file editting

Hi Thomas File editing is particularly easy in perl. Herez some sample code to get you started : -- @ARGV='C:\Documents and Settings\athind\Desktop\test\File2Edit.txt'; # path to the file you

RE: Sending mail under Windows 95/2000

Hi Just use "shaw" instead of "shaw.ca" as in : $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('shaw')||die("my woes are never ending :("); You are supposed to use only the name of the mail server. shaw.ca is an invalid argument to Net::SMTP as you will find if you use : print "$!"; after trying to connect to the serv

RE: folder size

Hi Thomas , All I'm not sure if a module exists to determine the folder size but this can easily be done by recursing the directory structure and adding up the size of the files it contains. To ease up on the recursing task , File::Find comes in mighty handy. $directory = 'C:\Perl'; $size = Get

RE: Julian Date

Hi Steve, All Herez how you do it : $sec = (localtime())[0]; $min = (localtime())[1]; $hour = (localtime())[2]; print "Time => $hour : $min : $sec\n"; $day = (localtime())[3]; $month = (localtime())[4] + 1; $year = (localtime())[5]; $year = $year + 1900; print "Date => $month \\ $day \\ $year";

RE: sort two patterns, control structure help needed

Hi Alan , All Just in case the data structures and the sort routines intimidate you , the following hack works too : #usage : [perl.exe \ perl] reorder.pl infilepath reorderedOutFilePath open INFILE, @ARGV[0] or print "can't open INFILE!" ; open OUTFILE, ">@ARGV[1]" or print "can't create OUTFIL

RE: win32::File

Hi Mark , All I have written plenty of scripts involving directory traversals and -d \ -f have never let me down. One of my scripts runs daily on an NT machine. The line I use for distinguishing between files and directories is : $type = "f" unless ((-d "$lclpath\\$name")&&($type="d")); The $lc

RE: pattern

Hi Javed Try the following regex : @testList = ("SDK_0.9.4.5_20020711_IR_DEV","SDK_0.9.4.5_20020711_IR","SDK0.9.4.5_2002071 1_IR_DEV") ; foreach $testName(@testList) { if($testName =~ /^SDK[_0-9.]*_IR(_DEV){0,1}$/) { print "match successful for $testName ! :)\

RE: pattern

Could you give some examples of legitimate filenames of all varieties you want ? that would help me \ us to make unambiguous test cases to ascertain your regex and suggest improvements... -aman. -Original Message- From: Javeed SAR [mailto:SAR.Javeed@;sisl.co.in] Sent: Thursday, November

RE: Include files in PERL

Yeah this will sure do the trick but just in case you need another option to do the same , "require" is also there to the rescue. Just put all the functions you require in a separate .pl file. The following solution can also be implemented as : # # Sample.pl sub

RE: depot?

Hi Yeah sure. You could look it up in : ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/other I found my win32 tar there. Thanks Aman -Original Message- From: PRADEEP GOEL [mailto:pradeepg@;india.hp.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 12:33 PM To: Aman Thind; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: depot

RE: could 5.8 make a difference in place of 5.6 ?

5.8 is perfectly backward compatible and no exception has been thrown in my period of it's usage. I have recently upgraded from 5.6.1 to 5.8 and my old scripts run perfecly fine. So any script that is good enuff for 5.6 is good enuff for 5.8 Thanks Aman -Original Message- From: PRADEEP GO