On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:27:03 -0400, Bob Showalter
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Errin Larsen wrote:
> > When I use the following in my code, it runs and
> > works fine:
> >
> > use POSIX 'setsid';
> > use POSIX 'errno_h';
> > use POSIX ':sys_wait_h';
> >
> > However, when I try to combine thos
Errin Larsen wrote:
> When I use the following in my code, it runs and
> works fine:
>
> use POSIX 'setsid';
> use POSIX 'errno_h';
> use POSIX ':sys_wait_h';
>
> However, when I try to combine those into one line:
>
> use POSIX qw/setsid errno_h :sys_wait_h/;
>
> Then I get the follow
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:32:58 -0400, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Perlers,
> >
> > I've seen a lot of tutorial or example code dealing with the
> > POSIX module that does something like this:
> >
> > use POSIX ':sys_wait_h';
> >
> > What does the ':' mean/do in the above line?
>
> Hi Perlers,
>
> I've seen a lot of tutorial or example code dealing with the
> POSIX module that does something like this:
>
> use POSIX ':sys_wait_h';
>
> What does the ':' mean/do in the above line?
>
Besides googling for it, try reading:
perldoc perlipc
perldoc perldoc -f waitpid
perl
Errin Larsen wrote:
> Hi Perlers,
>
> I've seen a lot of tutorial or example code dealing with the POSIX
> module that does something like this:
>
> use POSIX ':sys_wait_h';
>
> What does the ':' mean/do in the above line?
It's called a "tag" and is typically used to import a "basket" of symb
