All,
Insight will be easier to provide once we see your Python code.
Thanks to all of you who replied to my original request for assistance. All points are valid and well-taken. I'm afraid that I can no longer locate the original Python code where I was encountering the problem I described in my request. Unfortunately, I chose to teach myself Python by first porting that script directly (for better or worse, just trying to make it work). Time constraints, a bit of frustration, and simply being comfortable and efficient in Perl have relegated the task to a far back burner. Since then, I've forwarded the Perl code to a few others to see if they could provide a solution, but have heard nothing in reply -- which is why I presented it to a world of real Python experts. If you can't make heads or tails of the Perl code, all I'm trying to do is loop through some dig output of a DNS zone transfer. There are two conditions I need to test: whether it's an A or CNAME record. Ultimately, I need to assemble the data into a single line listing first the canonical hostname (A), followed by the aliases (CNAME), and finally the IP address. For example: were-on-vacation wov vacation vaca holiday 192.168.110.121 Finally, the problem I encountered in the Python code was having the script fail when it encountered a line that didn't match either of the two regular expressions. What I'm seeking is either some Python code that mimics what my Perl script is doing, or to be shown the Python way of how to accomplish something like that. Surprisingly, there's no mention of regular expressions in the Perl Phrasebook at http://wiki.python.org/moin/PerlPhrasebook. -- Gary Chambers -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
