i'm confused. i don't have XP and cannot see how this can work. is GET a shell function or am i missing something simple here? that said, if you are trying to get stuff off the web best to use the LWP modules, say LWP::Simple eg.
<eg> use strict; use warnings; use LWP::Simple; getprint("http://www.perl.com/"); </eg> > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Goland [mailto:mgoland@;optonline.net] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:24 PM > To: perl > Subject: GET > > > HeYa all again, > > Bumped into another problem. Not sure if this is the right > place to ask, but > someone might have encountred this here. It seems that if you > give a long > arg to open on winXP{ extanding MAX_CANNON on command prompt > } it will get > broken into lines. Does anyone know how to fix it ? Here is > how to recreat, > > $Val="msft"; > open FH,"GET > http://quotes.nasdaq.com/quote.dll?page=xml&mode=stock&symbol=$Val |"; > > while(<FH>){ > print $_; > } > > Thanx in advance, > Mark > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]