Re: Recursive Validation Function

2014-01-02 Thread John Aten
: Andy Bach > Date: September 2, 2013 8:43:59 PM CDT > To: John Aten > Cc: "beginners@perl.org" > Subject: Re: Recursive Validation Function > > > > > On Monday, September 2, 2013, John Aten wrote: > my $valid_token = validate_tokens($token); >

Recursive Validation Function

2013-09-02 Thread John Aten
Hello all, I am writing a script to rename files. The script prompts the user to enter tokens which will comprise part of the file name. These are made of letters and numbers separated by a dot, ie: R.3. The letters can be R, I or C, upper or lowercase. The first number can be one through eight

Re: Fetching File Creation Date

2013-08-21 Thread John Aten
On Aug 19, 2013, at 7:27 PM, beginners-digest-h...@perl.org wrote: > > beginners Digest 20 Aug 2013 00:27:53 - Issue 4569 > > Topics (messages 123372 through 123374): > > Re: Fetching File Creation Date > 123372 by: John Aten > 123373 by: Shawn H Core

Re: Fetching File Creation Date

2013-08-17 Thread John Aten
From: Lawrence Statton Date: August 16, 2013 6:09:15 PM CDT To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Fetching File Creation Date On 08/16/2013 04:25 PM, John Aten wrote: > Does anyone know if this is possible? Or should I just accept the > fact that all dates before 8/2013 are suspect? >&

Fetching File Creation Date

2013-08-16 Thread John Aten
Hi all, I am working on a script to rename files after a formula (discussed here: http://www.drbunsen.org/naming-and-searching-files-part-1/ ) . The formula calls for an ID string that is constructed from the date and time the file is created, of the format YYYMMDD_HHMMSS. The closest approxima