Thank you so much for your very informative response. When I run the
command: perldoc IO::Dirent, i get "No documentation found for "IO::Dirent""
so it seems it is not installed?
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Chris Robertson <crobert...@gci.net> wrote:
> Brian Woodworth wrote:
> > Yes, I have complete backups. My problem appears to be a known bug as
> > stated earlier in the thread. Craig was kind enough to post a
> > solution, but the problem is I don't know how to go about following
> > his instructions.
> >
> > thanks for the response
> >
>
> First, try...
>
> perldoc IO::Dirent
>
> ...to see if you have the Dirent perl module installed. If you get
> something like...
>
> No documentation found for "IO::Dirent".
>
> ...your problem probably lies elsewhere. If you get a documentation
> page, hit "q" to exit and run...
>
> locate Lib.pm
>
> ...to find all files with "Lib.pm" in their name on your system
> (hopefully your locatedb is up to date. If not "updatedb" will probably
> update it). You should find (at least) two...
>
> /some/path/lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm
> /some/path/lib/BackupPC/CGI/Lib.pm
>
> ...where /some/path is BackupPC's install path. If you have more than
> two, don't continue. Ask for further advise. If you just have two, we
> want to modify the one NOT in the CGI directory*. The following command
> (when run as root**, or the some other user authorized to modify the
> file) will update "/some/path/lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm" per Craig's
> instructions. You should probably back up the file before running it...
>
> sed -i -e 's/\$IODirentOk = 1;/$IODirentOk = 0;/'
> /some/path/lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm
>
> ...and you should probably consult with someone else to make sure I know
> what I'm talking about and am not about to break your system
> (inadvertently or otherwise). :o)
>
> Chris
>
> * The command I used won't do anything to the Lib.pm in the CGI
> directory, but sed is a very powerful tool and, as such, should be
> treated with the utmost respect.
> ** Running commands you get from the Internet as root is inadvisable.
> sudo is not really much better.
>
>
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