On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, R. Joseph Newton wrote: > > Hi John, > > I'd suggest that both approaches can be somewhat lacking in portability. The > command line is something of a kludge, IMHO, as it still depends largely on > users typing in the correct parameters. I think ini files would be portable > across a much wider variety of systems. Just write the ini file per > installation configuration. > > Joseph >
Actually, I considered an "ini" or "cfg" file, but rejected it. I was wanting something more "standalone" in this case. First, it seemed a bit much for only 4 parms. Second, I didn't want to maintain a separate file. Third, I didn't want to parse an "ini" file, although there is likely a CPAN module around to do that. And I already use LWP::UserAgent and HTTP::Request::Common, so requiring another CPAN modules is not really a big deal. I really appreciate CPAN! -- Maranatha! John McKown -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
