-----Original Message-----
From: jandrspencer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 7:31 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Problem with the Unix 'du' command via perl script
Hello, Tony.
Try something like:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my($size) = `du -sb \/home\/` ;
print($size);
Regards,
Jaimee
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Frasketi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:30 PM
To: Dan Muey; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem with the Unix 'du' command via perl script
Hello Dan
Thanks for the response. I tried your suggestion but I still get the
differing sizes... So I'm still looking for a solution.
Thanks again
Tony Frasketi
Dan Muey wrote:
>
> > I'm having a problem with the results of the Unix 'du'
> > command in that I get different results when I execute the
> > 'du' command from the Unix command line...
> >
> > du -sb <directory-path>
> >
> > and when I execute the 'du' command from a Perl script using
> > backtic statement.
> >
> > my($size) = `du -sb <directory-path>`;
> >
> > However the differing results only occurs on some directories
> > and not on others.
>
> Probably because du -sb is not retuneing an array like you seem to expect
of the size then directory.
> Try this:
>
> my($size,$dir) = split(/\s+/,qx(du -sb $mydir));
> # you don't have to have $dir
> # sometimes you also need the entire path to program : /usr/bin/du -sb
> # the qx is a better way to do backtick execution, just fyi
>
> HTH
>
> DMuey
> >
> > So far I haven't seen a difference on files, just directories.
> >
> > Can anyone shed some light on this for me.
> >
> > Also, I get the daily digest so, I'd appreciate a direct reply.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Tony F.
> >
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