Re: Timers?

2002-09-18 Thread mmaunder
Dan, Sounds like you're moving into the realms of threads. Perl 5.8.0 has stable threading support. Install it and type 'perldoc perlthrtut' for details. If you take a threaded approach to solving this problem, you'll probably have a main thread of execution that launches seperate threads for eac

Re: Perl or Object Oriented Perl?

2002-09-17 Thread mmaunder
Doesn't say anything on manning's site (publisher) although they do have an eBook edition now for download for $16.50. Check out http://www.manning.com/Conway/ On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 08:20:04AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I agree with the below analysis. Only thing I might say is that a

Re: Executing DOS "copy" command from perl script via web interface

2002-09-17 Thread mmaunder
The file can't be found? Sounds like a DOS not a Perl problem. On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 08:00:06AM -0400, FlashGuy wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a web interface where I'm executing a compiled perl script. Within the perl >script I'm trying to execute a DOS command but its not working properly. > If

Re: return types again

2002-09-17 Thread mmaunder
Sounds like you need the magic of Data::Dumper. Get it from CPAN. It will take a list of scalars or references and print out their contents in Perl syntax. Give it a try - great for debuggering everything. On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 07:56:55AM -0400, Rum Pel wrote: > > > I installed MailTools, a

Re: OT? - Webmaster List

2002-09-17 Thread mmaunder
Webmaster for what? Apache webserver? Running on Linux? If that's the case, you may want to join the list for your particular flavour of Linux, and the apache administrators list. Just FYI, if you're interested in learning about anything to do with front ends (flash, html, javascript, etc..) jo

Re: Perl or Object Oriented Perl?

2002-09-17 Thread mmaunder
Conway's book is excellent!! Definitelly the source for OO perl. But it has some very advanced concepts and assumes a thorough understanding of basic Perl. (He dedicates the first two chapters of the book to an Perl and OO concepts refresher course). So if you're just starting out, definitelly