RE: Difference between system() and exec() and ``

I mostly lurk, but just to offer a thought.this list seems to be created to help - not to chastise, so why put conditions on a request for help? Why try to insure that the person is "worthy" of help? A signature line on an email said in effect that the best skill a programmer can have is to

Request for advice/suggestions....

I'm very new with PERL and have been given a task of doing some maint. on an existing really big PERL program. What I'd like to ask is if the changes I want to implement will work and ask for suggestions on how to make one major change working with subroutines. The application makes use of

RE: Request for advice/suggestions....

Outstanding! I need to think about this a bit but it looks exactly like what I want to do. Thank you for your suggestions and ideas! -Original Message- From: Rob Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 3:46 PM To: beginners@perl.org Cc: Copits Dick Subject: Re: Requ

RE: Curly braces and the logic of PERL

I'm mainly a lurker on this list as I'm still learning Perl, but like Octavian, I'm legally blind. I've been in both camps - fully sighted and legally blind - so I have some perspective. I think both sides have defensible points. However, what if the person who needed the accommodation were your

Newbie File Question....

I've been going over some listings and I found code like the following: "./directory/file.txt" and "../directory/file.txt" but I've never seen the "./" and "../" things at the beginning of the path. I've tried to google these but had no luck. I've googled "file specification" and "dire

RE: Newbie File Question....

Thank you to all who replied to this requestnow I understand! I appreciate the help and the courtesy of the replies! Once againThank You!! -Original Message- From: Copits Dick Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:35 AM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Newbie File Question I'v

Perldoc question...

I'm really new to PERL, and have what's probably a really basic question I've seen references to "perldoc" where apparently a person can look and find explanations of various PERL topics...but where do I go to find PERLDOC? Is this a website or ??? Thank you for help and suggestions. --

Sub coding question...

I'm really new to Perl and am learning as I go. My boss gave me a program to look over that they're thinking of implementing. It seems to be a GPL auction program. As I was looking through the code, I was puzzled by one part... the part that displays subcategories on the users screen. I've copied s

RE: Sub coding question...

Looks like what I need - Thanks! - I'll work on it... From: Rob Coops [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:47 AM To: Copits Dick Cc: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Sub coding question... Hi Richard, First of all you are right this is mo

Local Server/Perl/HTML question...

I have just downloaded xitami and gotten it configured - I hope correctly - on my W2K professional system. I've installed PERL as well. I put a PERL .PL in c:\xitami\cgi-bin and tried running it by using my IE browser to run it. I'm sure the program runs as it creates three directories like it'

RE: Chomp method

I'd have to say that I disagree with this approach - as mentioned by several people here... Although the "try it and see" approach is fun and intellectually challenging, it really isn't productive for everyone. For example, I wouldn't like to be paying a contractor who is getting paid per hour to