On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:08:10 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Worked perfectly. I knew it was something simple. Thanks! > > Never used POSIX before. Looked at it on cpan but those descriptions can be > flat sometimes. If you don't mind, what are some practical uses for it? Just > basic OS stuff?
Yes and No. OS-stuff, but not basic. You probably need to be a C-programmer to really miss it :) But, usually, Perl has it's own functions that are easier or better to use. http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/lib/POSIX.html Tor -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>