On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 22:07, Owen wrote: > On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 01:06:04 -0500 > Joel Newkirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > dbmopen (%PLRULES, "/var/szs/rules.dbm", undef) or die $!; > > I die, with "No such file or directory". > > No idea but; > > I would tend to beleive the "No such file or directory" statement. > you can do an ls -la /var/szs/rules.dbm ?
Yep, the files are there (actually rules.dbm.dir & rules.dbm.pag, as created previously with: dbmopen(%PLRULES "/var/szs/rules.dbm", 0644) or die $!; I use the precise same command (IE, with the "undef") in the CGI script with no problems. > I would have written the "or die $!;" as or die "Can't dbmopen $!\n"; but then maybe > you only have one die statement to worry about? > > I have never seen "dbmopen (%PLRULES, "/var/szs/rules.dbm", undef)" normally I see > dbmopen (%PLRULES, "/var/szs/rules.dbm", 0666) or die..... > %PLRULES=(); Using undef is supposed to open the file for reading only and fail if it's not found - '0666' will create a new file if one didn't already exist, and assign it read+write permissions for all, failing only if it is unable to create the file(s), > The syntax for dbmopen is Arrayname DB_filename mode > so I just wonder if undef is a mode? > > > -- > Owen j -- "Not all those who wander are lost." - JRR Tolkien -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
