Re: Email and perlscripts

t can pipe an email to a program when it is received. Gah! I didn't read his email close enough. Edward, ignore what I said. procmail is what you want. -- Morbus Iff ( you are nothing without your robot car, NOTHING! ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ O

Re: Email and perlscripts

ml 0 12 * * Wed cat /var/spool/mbox | /path/fundlist.pl > /path/funds.html -- Morbus Iff ( you are nothing without your robot car, NOTHING! ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ O'Reilly Author, Weblog, Cook: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 icq: 2927491 / a

Re: Swish-e Question

1114611063 63.173.138.23 15 hits for test 1114611222 63.173.138.23 46 hits for hello -- Morbus Iff ( you are nothing without your robot car, NOTHING! ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ Spidering Hacks: http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596005776/disobeycom icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus

[ANN] LibDB - FRBR'd Library Management System

nd yes, it'll be free, yes, it'll allow sharing of data (in varying forms: MARC, RDF, and MODS are initially planned), and yes, they'll be permaURLs and RESTian architecture. If you have no clue what I'm talking about, that's quite all right too: you don't need to, and that's a feature. -- Morbus Iff ( i subscribe to the theory of intellectual osmosis ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus

Re: indicators - guilt by association

or what it's worth, I hadn't forgotten. It and _gripe() are both in my inbox to address. I felt like I had to justify the change with stronger facts, due to your initial reluctance of it. More convincing facts I had yet to look into. -- Morbus Iff ( i think the "good book" is mi

Re: MARC::Record in CVS and testing

for testing POD being reported. Installing that module gave flying colors on a retest. I'm using Perl 5.8.0RC3 here. -- Morbus Iff ( tomorrow never comes until it's too late ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.co

Re: MARC::Record in CVS and testing

et in the habit of doing the above. I'll take a look shortly. Incidentally, I wanted to reopen the "letters as indicator" thread, but want to do some more research before I do. -- Morbus Iff ( tomorrow never comes until it's too late ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub

Re: [ot] Targeted Spam Harvesting from *lib lists?

r archive reader/lurker). I wouldn't have sent an email *whatsoever* if I had received something that said "hey morbus, saw your question $here. look at $this! only $price for $x months! yeah, baby, yeah!". With that said to sandwich my public OT, I'll hush on the matt

Re: [patch] Accept Letters as Indicator

one that no one remembers allowing alphabetic indicators". When I say "MARC21", I collectively mean "USMARC/MARC21" or "the one Anne quoted that says alphas are dandy". I suspect I'm using one of those terms incorrectly - cluestick happily. -- Morbus Iff (

Re: MARC::Record::update_leader()

if you don't specify one - perhaps you could blank out the existing leader (or to do as MARC::Record->new does, create a leader of 24 spaces), then save as_usmarc, hoping to trigger the automatic creation? -- Morbus Iff ( i put the demon back in codemonkey ) Culture: http://www.disobey

[ot] Targeted Spam Harvesting from *lib lists?

. Besides friends/IM, I've not publicly stated my research into cataloging, so I can only suspect it's an incredibly odd coincidence, or there are some asshole lurkers on the list. ;) -- Morbus Iff ( i put the demon back in codemonkey ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gam

[patch] Accept Letters as Indicator

or blank" So, if that's the case, then MARC::Field is partially incorrect in its implementation of only digits and a blank, as per the following line ("if indicator is NOT a digit or a space..."): if ( $indicator !~ /^[0-9 ]$/ ) { Correct? -- Morbus Iff ( i put the demon back

Re: [patch] Accept # as Blank Indicator

em to see _a and _b more often. Which is more prevalent? -- Morbus Iff ( evil is my sour flavor ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus

Re: [patch] warn, not croak, on 010 non-tag access.

At 8:59 PM -0600 11/17/03, Ed Summers wrote: >On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 09:15:22PM -0500, Morbus Iff wrote: >> > Since MARC tags less than 010 can not have indicators or subfields, >> > not allowing those ::Field methods to be called on those tags make sense. >> >

Re: [patch] Revised MARC::Doc::Tutorial

Ed and everyone else: I've finished my fiddling with the Doc::Tutorial: correcting grammar, renumbering the recipes for easier maintenance, and yadda yadda yadda. It's been committed to CVS. -- Morbus Iff ( i am the horrible hogglewart ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/7

[patch] Accept # as Blank Indicator

g as equivalent: MARC::Field->new('100','1','', a=>'Logan, Robert K.', d=>'1939-'), MARC::Field->new('100','1','#', a=>'Logan, Robert K.', d=>'1939-'), This is relatively tri

How Far Does "Different Data Formats" Apply?

data formats. How far does "different data formats" apply? Only to MARC subsets? What if I wanted to make MARC::File::MODS? MARC::File::DublinCore? Would those be considered valid data formats for extension? -- Morbus Iff ( shower your women, i'm coming ) Technical: http://www.ore

Clarification on MARC::Simple Intent

suspect there are a huge amount of problems with the approach (most prominently that the idea of using tag numbers was to reduce typing in the first place), but has anyone ever had some non-MARC-expert intern try to modify some code and screw it up? Would "English"'d methods like th

Re: [patch] Revised MARC::Doc::Tutorial

ave plans to finish the tutorial - going through the rest of the other sections, etc., but have no idea when that's going to actually happen. As is expected, I'll let the list know. -- Morbus Iff ( take this ming! i'm sick of your dynasty! ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.c

Re: [patch] warn, not croak, on 010 non-tag access.

re continued > processing. Any thoughts on this patch? -- Morbus Iff ( i desire penance for your sins ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus

Re: [patch] Revised MARC::Doc::Tutorial

; * minor tweaks to code to match styles (floating spaces in >some code, missing periods from end of comments, etc.). > * all recipes now show sample output, based on camel.usmarc. > * some expositions have been extended and/or revised to >reflect alternatives, other

RE: Caution Newb Toes The Dirt...

at would need to be converted to the "correct" implementation). I'll take a look at the projects you mention. -- Morbus Iff ( i put the demon back in codemonkey ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ Mac OS X Hacks: http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596

Re: [patch] Revised MARC::Doc::Tutorial

tioned back in 2002, seemingly being phased out September 10th, 2002. -- Morbus Iff ( there is no morbus, there is only zuul! ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus

[patch] Revised MARC::Doc::Tutorial

ppen for a while, unfortunately - my next few weeks are booked. -- Morbus Iff ( evil is my sour flavor ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus % Descripti

[patch] warn, not croak, on 010 non-tag access.

s instances. I don't believe this is the case - the only time ERROR is set is when the _gripe routine is called, and the _gripe routine is .. . never .. called. MARC::Record calls its own internal _gripe routine twice: return _gripe( $MARC::Field::ERROR ); but would seem to alw

Re: Early Confusion with MARC::Record

d warnings are aggregated over time. Nutshell: the implied "strict" doesn't make a "warning" a warning: it makes it an error that stops the entire batch, not just the record. -- Morbus Iff ( rotinom ruoy edisni deppart mi pleH ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub

Early Confusion with MARC::Record

uot; the .. . . same thing? Does $a always end in a slash if $b doesn't exist? What if $a, $h, $p, $b, and $c are all used? Is that order (per the LC UMB doc) the method they should be strung together, separated by slashes? Is the ending period, generated by MARC::Batch an AACR thingy, or jus

Re: Caution Newb Toes The Dirt...

UE MORGUE, VIDEO >>WATCHDOG, FORTEAN TIMES, and TOYFARE, and I wouldn't have to worry >>about building my own. > >See Net::Z3950. I would be suprised if these have not been cataloged by LC, >and should be available from their Z39.50 server. I looked for FORTEAN TIM

Re: Caution Newb Toes The Dirt...

>You didn't investigate enough. >* in systemprefs, acquisition=normal means what you say. >acquisition=simple means => no acquisition, direct cataloguing. Thanks for the info - I'll take another look. -- Morbus Iff ( i put the demon back in codemonkey ) Culture: http://www

Re: Caution Newb Toes The Dirt...

ded to circulation. >And for the price, you have a tool that has many new features >coming in the near future (in OPAC & librarian). In relation to my magazine/serials question from the previous email, what is OPAC and does it at all relate to what I'm interested in? -- Morbus Iff ( i

Re: Caution Newb Toes The Dirt...

ike, but I envision a roving database, where anyone can fill in certain bits of information, anyone can verify, improve, or correct that information, and it all streams down into personal databases or some iMDB-like master web site. Again, iMDB is the model I'm shooting for. I know nothing about film stock, and I don't need to: someone else can fill that in. But if I'm a fan of Debbie Rochon and I know she made a cameo in CRAZY MONKIES 7: FLINGING POO OLD STYLE, I can add that and move on. -- Morbus Iff ( i put the demon back in codemonkey ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ Mac OS X Hacks: http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596004605/disobeycom icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus

Caution Newb Toes The Dirt...

t;, and "can export into formats readily usable by other oss4lib projects". "Quick", manual entry of five thousand 99%-chance-they're-not-MARCed items would be nice too ;) [2] Which, at this point, aren't really relevant, as I'm thirsting for knowle