daemons ???

2003-02-08 Thread km
hi all, how to write daemons in perl ? does it have such a support ? if so which module should i use? kindly enlighten me -- thanks in advance -- KM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: daemons ???

2003-02-08 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all, how to write daemons in perl ? does it have such a support ? if so which module should i use? kindly enlighten me -- thanks in advance -- First question, do you want a "daemon" as in a process that is started, then exec's a new process without a controlling te

Re: daemons ???

2003-02-08 Thread km
Hi, well to make it clear -- i need to make a server -- a constantly running process -- suppose if i want to get a daily report of the frequency of all the users logging in and out on the system from the daemon written in perl -- how do i do that ? thanks, KM --

Re: daemons ???

2003-02-08 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, well to make it clear -- i need to make a server -- a constantly running process -- suppose if i want to get a daily report of the frequency of all the users logging in and out on the system from the daemon written in perl -- how do i do that ? thanks, KM You

Re: daemons ???

2003-02-08 Thread km
Hi all, well i really need a server :-) thanks, KM On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Wiggins d'Anconia wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > well to make it clear -- i need to make a server -- a constantly running > > process --

Pipe Help

2003-02-08 Thread anthony
Hi, what i'm creating is just an EXTREMELY script that sends an array to another script via PIPE. This is what i have: #! /usr/bin/perl @file = qw (tony boby zombie anthony martine eric charlie); open(SORT, "| perl sorted.pl"); while(@file){ chomp $_; print SORT "$_\n"; } print

Re: daemons ???

2003-02-08 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, well i really need a server :-) thanks, KM Still confused as to why, but ok... How will your clients be connecting to the server? I would suggest having a look at: perldoc -f fork perldoc -f

Re: Pipe Help

2003-02-08 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
anthony wrote: Hi, what i'm creating is just an EXTREMELY script that sends an array to another script via PIPE. This is what i have: #! /usr/bin/perl @file = qw (tony boby zombie anthony martine eric charlie); open(SORT, "| perl sorted.pl"); while(@file){ chomp $_; print SORT

Re: Pipe Help

2003-02-08 Thread anthony
Hi, i'm trying to learn pipe, so i need start somewhere i could of just say sort @file print @file and that is it but like i said i want to learn the mechanism of pipe Anthony "Anthony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi, > > what i'm creating

Re: Pipe Help

2003-02-08 Thread Rob Dixon
Anthony wrote: > Hi, > > what i'm creating is just an EXTREMELY script that sends an array to > another script via PIPE. Never coded in EXTREMELY before, but I'll have a go ;-) > This is what i have: > > > #! /usr/bin/perl ALWAYS: use strict; use warnings; > @file = qw

Re: daemons ???

2003-02-08 Thread Rob Dixon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > well i really need a server :-) > thanks, > KM Hi K. I really think you ought to come clean on what you're actually trying to do to give Wiggins (and the rest of us) a sporting chance of helping you :) The bottom line is that you can write a daemon in

Re: Pipe Help

2003-02-08 Thread John W. Krahn
Anthony wrote: > > Hi, Hello, > what i'm creating is just an EXTREMELY script that sends an array to another > script via PIPE. > This is what i have: > > > #! /usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; > @file = qw (tony boby zombie anthony martine eric charlie); It seems like

Re: Pipe Help

2003-02-08 Thread John W. Krahn
"John W. Krahn" wrote: > > Anthony wrote: > > > > @file = qw (tony boby zombie anthony martine eric charlie); > > It seems like you need newlines at the end of each element. > > my @file = < tony > boby > zombie > anthony > martine > eric > charlie > FILE Sorry, that's not going to work. :-)

Perl script

2003-02-08 Thread dakenah johnson
Hi all, I am a novice to perl. I find Perl very interesting and I am studying how to write and compile perl scripts without syntax and compilation errors. I need heads up on how. thanks, DJ _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. G

Re: Pipe Help

2003-02-08 Thread Rob Dixon
John W. Krahn wrote: > my @file = ; > > Then at the end of the program: > > __DATA__ > tony > boby > zombie > anthony > martine > eric > charlie I forgot you could do that! Thanks John. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Perl script

2003-02-08 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
dakenah johnson wrote: Hi all, I am a novice to perl. I find Perl very interesting and I am studying how to write and compile perl scripts without syntax and compilation errors. I need heads up on how. This is a very vague question...but here are some pointers: always do: use strict; use war

Re: Perl script

2003-02-08 Thread Rob Dixon
Dakenah Johnson wrote: > Hi all, > I am a novice to perl. I find Perl very interesting and I am studying > how to write and compile perl scripts without syntax and compilation > errors. I need heads up on how. Erm. That's a bit of a broad brief isn't it? I think I have to throw it back to you and

Re: Perl script

2003-02-08 Thread R. Joseph Newton
dakenah johnson wrote: > Hi all, > I am a novice to perl. I find Perl very interesting and I am studying how to > write and compile perl scripts without syntax and compilation errors. I need > heads up on how. > > thanks, > DJ Hi DJ, You might want to re-think your emphasis here. Of ocurse, you

html continuation between functions

2003-02-08 Thread Ebaad Ahmed
Hi, I want to rewrite this script in pure cgi, I really need help at this point. I want to write a form but half of it is in one function and the other half is in the other, and I cant continue the flow of the html from one function to the next. The excerpt is as follows. sub displayNewDeleteUp

confused with File::Glob

2003-02-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Apparently I'm not getting what it is that File::Glob is supposed to do: ls tmp/file_[0-9]*|wc -l 99 All 99 look like tmp/file_NUM with incrementing number. Why doesn't this code unwind the list of files? when this command is given: ./testglob.pl 'tmp/file_[0-9]*' cat ./testglob.pl #!/us

Re: confused with File::Glob

2003-02-08 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Feb 8, Harry Putnam said: > @files = bsd_glob("$glob_pattern",GLOB_ERR)|| die "Yikes: $!"; This line screws you up. Change the || to 'or'. @files = bsd_glob(...) or die "Yikes: $!"; The reason being: || binds very tightly, and 'or' binds less tightly. With ||, your code is like @file

Re: confused with File::Glob

2003-02-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And || enforces scalar context, so func() won't (can't) return a list, in > your case. Thanks, I'd have been a very long time figuring that out... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

unloading zip files with perl install script

2003-02-08 Thread Patricia Hinman
Does anyone know how to use a zip utility in an installation script. I would like to create an installation script for a program I've written. My only hurdle is learning how to unpack the zip file. I've heard of gunzip, can I use that with perl?

Re: confused with File::Glob

2003-02-08 Thread John W. Krahn
Harry Putnam wrote: > > Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > And || enforces scalar context, so func() won't (can't) return a list, in > > your case. > > Thanks, I'd have been a very long time figuring that out... Another point. > cat ./testglob.pl > #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

Re: unloading zip files with perl install script

2003-02-08 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 09:37:40PM -0800, Patricia Hinman wrote: > Does anyone know how to use a zip utility in an > installation script. I would like to create an > installation script for a program I've written. My > only hurdle is learning how to unpack the zip file. > I've heard of gunzip,

Re: unloading zip files with perl install script

2003-02-08 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 09:37:40PM -0800, Patricia Hinman wrote: > Does anyone know how to use a zip utility in an > installation script. I would like to create an > installation script for a program I've written. My > only hurdle is learning how to unpack the zip file. > I've heard of gunzip,