On 6/24/07, Tom Phoenix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 6/23/07, Vahid Moghaddasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But maybe you need the actual password file.
You got it, I have to read /etc/passwd file only.
> I am not sure how much I can read into memory space without affecting
> other programs
Vahid Moghaddasi wrote:
Hi all,
Hello,
I am trying to read a colon delimited text file (filter.in) then
search for each field in another file (/etc/passwd) and if it is found
then write that line in the third file (passwd.out). Here is what I
have written so far but it is not given me the cor
On 6/23/07, Vahid Moghaddasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
For each field (user) in the filter.in file, I will have to find the
user in passwd file, wouldn't I need to re-read the passwd file as
much as there are fields in filter.in file?
Probably not. For one solution, you might be able to use g
On 6/23/07, Tom Phoenix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> use File::Copy;
Are you actually using File::Copy? I didn't find any call to it in
your posted code.
Sorry, I left it in by mistake. This code is a small part of a very
large program.
> use strict;
> use warnings;
That's good
> $|=1
On 6/23/07, Vahid Moghaddasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am trying to read a colon delimited text file (filter.in) then
search for each field in another file (/etc/passwd) and if it is found
then write that line in the third file (passwd.out).
use File::Copy;
Are you actually using File::C
Hi all,
I am trying to read a colon delimited text file (filter.in) then
search for each field in another file (/etc/passwd) and if it is found
then write that line in the third file (passwd.out). Here is what I
have written so far but it is not given me the correct result. Thanks
for any help.