Hi,
The system I am
working on is using an older version of Perl, v 5.001, as shown
by:
C:\>perl
-v
This is perl,
version 5.001
Unofficial
patchlevel 1m.
Copyright 1987-1994,
Larry Wall
Win32 port Copyright (c) 1995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Developed by hip communications inc., http://info.hip.com/info/
Win32 port Copyright (c) 1995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Developed by hip communications inc., http://info.hip.com/info/
Perl for Win32
Build 107
Built Apr 29 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:56:57
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5.0 source kit.
Built Apr 29 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:56:57
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5.0 source kit.
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Worse yet, I suspect
that the
Perl installation was less than "standard".
While my perl.exe is
v. 5.001, some of the modules such as vars.pm
include the
statement: "require 5.002;"
Does that already
indicate that the system has a botched, mismatched
installation?
What I am trying to
do is to
use some of the ReadKey features, most notably
the 'noecho' option
so that certain text input is not echoed on the screen.
Is it possible to
get this feature to work with minimal system upgrade,
i.e. without having
to install a whole new Perl or many dependent modules?
I'm interested in
getting just ReadKey to work with as little other change as
possible.
I tried to "drop in"
the ReadKey.pm, but get a variety of errors:
If my script
(test2.pl) has "require Term::ReadKey", I get ...:
C:\>perl
test2.pl
Perl 5.002 required--this is only version 5.001, stopped at C:\WINNT\system32\et
c\perl\lib/vars.pm line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\WINNT\system32\etc\perl\lib/AutoLoader.p
m line 3.
Perl 5.002 required--this is only version 5.001, stopped at C:\WINNT\system32\et
c\perl\lib/vars.pm line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\WINNT\system32\etc\perl\lib/AutoLoader.p
m line 3.
If my script (test1.pl) has "use
Term::Readkey", I get ...:
C:\>perl
test1.pl
Can't locate AutoLoader.pm in @INC at Term/ReadKey.pm line 210.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at xfer1.pl line 62.
Can't locate AutoLoader.pm in @INC at Term/ReadKey.pm line 210.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at xfer1.pl line 62.
(Not sure why it
can't locate it - the module is tin the same location as
vars.pm)
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Is this a doomed
venture? Is my only recourse to upgrade the system to a newer
Perl?
Thanks!
Bela
C.
