At 08:43 +0100 8/23/08, Eberhard Lisse wrote:
>> 7 open ("trans", "g5hd:newScansImages:trans") or die "Error, can't open";
open (TRANS, "</Volumes/g5hd/newScansImages/trans")
or die "Error can't open $!\n";
Be really careful about that /Volumes/ directory. Apple uses it as a mount
point for external and secondary disks and not for the "root" disk which can't
have a name other than "/" in the world of UNIX.
g5hd sounds a lot like a user inserted name for a main disk. The proper form
in the UNIX - perl5 world would be more like
/newScansImages/trans
where the leading solidus is the root directory for the operating system.
A sure way to get the right string is to open Terminal.app and use Finder to
drag a file icon into the window. Terminal.app will display the POSIX path
relative to the current working directory which you might want to set to / with
a "cd /" command.
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