I have not figured out how to change the perl library path in my
environment. Would love to know how if anybody can advise. I have,
however, figured out how to include it in a script.
A script will process any "use" or "require" statements first, so in
order to change something that affects tho
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-Original Message-
From: Matt Crapo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 4:19 PM
To: 'Chidi'
Subject: RE: Please help with perl library path problem!
I may be off in left field here, but I've had similar error messages
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Personally, I'd use a hash. First, populate a hash of good node values
like this:
foreach (1, 2, 3, 4) {# Good node values
$goodNode{$_} = 1; # Set to "true"
}
Then for each node you find in the file, test against %goodNode:
if ($goodNode{$questionableNode}) { success }
Good Lu
System commands return zero for true, some other value for failure.
This is backwards from perl's logic. You need to test for a return of
zero, or use "and" instead of "or" like this:
if ((system("system command")) == 0) { success }
or
system("system command") and die "$!\n"; # AND says "Did
Using the backticks will only get you data coming on handle 1, STDOUT.
You want the data coming on handle 2, STDERR, as well. You need to
combine them by appending 2>&1 to your system command.
Better yet, use perl's internal file functions like move, copy, rename,
etc. You get better control, l
There are always a hundred ways to do something, and others might know a
better way, but I'd use a sprintf statement to zero-pad your date values
like this:
my $date_added = sprintf("%04d%02d%02d", $year $mon $mday);
Make sure you adjust the values of year month & day from the raw values
suppli
