Re: installing Mail-tools module in windows 2000
> I am trying to install the MAIL::tools module in windows 2000. According to > the INSTALL > file the steps to installation are: > >perl Makefile.PL >make >make test >make install > > I was able to run the first command, but when I type 'make' in the dos > prompt > i get this error: > > 'make' is not recognized as an internal or external > command, operable program or batch file. > > > Is there another way of installing this module? On Windows you better use PPM open a DOS box, type : ppm then type install Mail::Tools Activestate has a Package status list at http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/PPM/Packages as well as a PPM FAQ at http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Products/ActivePerl/faq/ActivePerl-faq2.html If you want to compile your modules (since various modules are XS linked), you'll need a C compiler (which usually comes with make). -- Greetz Hendrik ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.
Re: [CGI] RE: newbie need help
> Under UNIX (the sensible option) ;) You simply mark the file executable > and thats it. On UNIX you also need the shebang... #!/usr/bin/perl or wherever perl is located... This actually goes for all shell scripts... -- Greetz Hendrik ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.
installing Mail-tools module in windows 2000
Hi, I am trying to install the MAIL::tools module in windows 2000. According to the INSTALL file the steps to installation are: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install I was able to run the first command, but when I type 'make' in the dos prompt i get this error: 'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Is there another way of installing this module? Thanks in advance, - johnny - _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [CGI] RE: newbie need help
> There's one thing i've always wanted to understand...Sometimes the perl > program ends with .pl and sometimes .cgimaybe i'm a very bad programmer Perl doesn't care what the extension is. A lot of perl programmers use .pl and .cgi because they want to. This also has the advantage that webmasters can set a rule in the webserver configuration to treat any file that ends in .pl or .cgi to be an executable. This gives the webmaster more freedom in heirarchy for the site design. Under NT I believe (and I could be wrong) you associate the file extension with the program to execute it (Perl). Under UNIX (the sensible option) ;) You simply mark the file executable and thats it. Red
Re: CR LF with UNIX and Windows (DOSish?)
AFAIK Perl will change \n to \n\r if used on Windows... Dynamically changing $/ and $\ isnt recommended, unless you know what you're doing... in which case you should be localizing em. > Have you tried setting the $/ (input record seperator) and $\ (output > seporator) variable for all of your scripts to the same thing accross > platforms. I don't know if the perl script also creats the data but if it > does you can use the "\oXXX" control code to set this accross platforms. > David Monarres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sun, 13 May 2001 18:15:41 David Falck wrote: > > Is there a programmatic way to tell if I'm on Windows or UNIX? I know > > that > > $^0 returns the name of the operating system, but can I count on matching > > /MS/i or /Win/i to determine if it's Windows? If Windows, I'll assign 2 > > to > > $newline below, else I'll assign 1. > > > > Problem: > > I have a fixed length customer record. When I create the record, I add > > \n. > > But my testing tells me that when I read (seek) the record below, I have > > to > > add 2 for Windows or 1 for UNIX. > > > > # Customer file data - > > $cst_template = > > "A9A15A15A1A30A30A30A30A9A2A13A40A13A5A2A16A2A2A1A1A10A10A10A7"; > > $cst_rec_len = 303; # sum all customer fields > > $newline = 2; # changes based on OS > > $cst_offset = $cst_rec_len + $newline; > > > > # reading the customer record > > seek(CSTMST, ($rec_nbr * $cst_offset), 0) # $rec_nbr is the physical > > record > > number > > > > Solution: > > Remove the hard coding above for $newline. Then assign 2 to $newline if > > Windows, else assign 1 to $newline. But do I look at $^0 to determine the > > operating system, or is there a better way? you can try a length $/ to determine the EOL indicator... -- Greetz Hendrik ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.
Re: [CGI] RE: newbie need help
On May 26, Manoj Jacob said: >I've done some programming in perl mainly for web oriented stuff >There's one thing i've always wanted to understand...Sometimes the perl >program ends with .pl and sometimes .cgimaybe i'm a very bad programmer >and i'm really dumb that i've not understood the difference. But what is the >difference between a file that has .pl extn and a file that has .cgi extn. Technically, .pl files are "perl libraries" -- ones that you require() into a program. Perl programs themselves don't need an extension at all, but some people prefer .plx is used, if any. .cgi is used to signify that the program (no matter what language it is written in) is supposed to be executed from a browser -- that the program is expecting to be accessed via CGI. Many web servers, though, can be told that a given directory contains ONLY CGI programs, so that no extension (or ANY extension) can be used. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ Are you a Monk? http://www.perlmonks.com/ http://forums.perlguru.com/ Perl Programmer at RiskMetrics Group, Inc. http://www.riskmetrics.com/ Acacia Fraternity, Rensselaer Chapter. Brother #734 ** I need a publisher for my book "Learning Perl's Regular Expressions" **
Re: CR LF with UNIX and Windows (DOSish?)
Have you tried setting the $/ (input record seperator) and $\ (output seporator) variable for all of your scripts to the same thing accross platforms. I don't know if the perl script also creats the data but if it does you can use the "\oXXX" control code to set this accross platforms. David Monarres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Sun, 13 May 2001 18:15:41 David Falck wrote: > Is there a programmatic way to tell if I'm on Windows or UNIX? I know > that > $^0 returns the name of the operating system, but can I count on matching > /MS/i or /Win/i to determine if it's Windows? If Windows, I'll assign 2 > to > $newline below, else I'll assign 1. > > Problem: > I have a fixed length customer record. When I create the record, I add > \n. > But my testing tells me that when I read (seek) the record below, I have > to > add 2 for Windows or 1 for UNIX. > > # Customer file data - > $cst_template = > "A9A15A15A1A30A30A30A30A9A2A13A40A13A5A2A16A2A2A1A1A10A10A10A7"; > $cst_rec_len = 303; # sum all customer fields > $newline = 2; # changes based on OS > $cst_offset = $cst_rec_len + $newline; > > # reading the customer record > seek(CSTMST, ($rec_nbr * $cst_offset), 0) # $rec_nbr is the physical > record > number > > Solution: > Remove the hard coding above for $newline. Then assign 2 to $newline if > Windows, else assign 1 to $newline. But do I look at $^0 to determine the > operating system, or is there a better way? > > Thanks, > David >
Re: error on system command
Peter Lemus wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm getting a syntax error on the following
> command
>
> $PIDS=`ps -ef | grep $user | grep -v grep | cut -b
> 10-14`
>
> Please help. I need to get the process id of $user
> and assign it to PIDS, then kill it.
This little script worked on my system to prind out the PIDS. But like
Peter Cornelius said, we can't really help address the error if we don't
know the error.
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $user = 'dan';
chomp( my @PIDS = `ps -ef | grep $user | grep -v grep | cut -b 10-14` )
foreach( @PIDS ) {
print "[$_]\n";
}
Re: newbie need help
> ok, i am a newbie at perl, i know this is going to be a very stupid > question, but please just help me out then do the "hahaha", ok? :) > > well, i want to learn perl, but i just kwon it is for web pages, how do i > start writing(learning) perl? what do i need to do that? 1) read perl code 2) read a good book if you're gonna buy Learning Perl, wait a few more weeks... The third edition is planned for July. I can recommend any O'Reilly book on Perl, as well as a few from Manning publishing. 3) read the POD & online docs Besides the actual reading, you can actually start trying to program. First, get perl (either from http://www.activestate.com or from http://www.cpan.org) Perl has a, compared to some other languages, rather low learning curve. Perl allows you to 'Making Easy Things Easy and Hard Things Possible' as shown on the Llama cover :) There are some fine sites on the subject: http://www.perl.com http://use.perl.org http://www.perlmonks.org (a community site) -- Greetz Hendrik ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.
Re: newbie need help
> ok, i am a newbie at perl, i know this is going to be a very stupid > question, but please just help me out then do the "hahaha", ok? :) > > well, i want to learn perl, but i just kwon it is for web pages, how do i > start writing(learning) perl? what do i need to do that? Hiya, there are lots of ways to start! :-) Firstly - do you have perl installed? If not - what operating system are you running? If so, tutorials on the web:- perl stuff.. http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/Perl/Documentation/Tutorials/ cgi stuff.. http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/Perl/WWW/Tutorials/ Books (good gentle introduction) http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/ specific cgi programming.. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cgi2/ If you have perl installed, there is a wealth of online documentation: perldoc perldoc =) Oh, and don't forget the list beginners-cgi for further perl/cgi queries. ( send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) HTH. --lucy > please, any kind of input is welcome. > > >
Re: newbie need help
> well, i want to learn perl, but i just kwon it is for web pages, how do i > start writing(learning) perl? what do i need to do that? If you know how to program in any other language see 1, otherwise see 2. 1. Just think up a program you would like to have and start writing it in Perl. I would buy the Pogramming Perl book from O'Reilly. It gets you started and is great to look up details (does substr need an index and a length, or two indizes?) 2. IMO it's a bit hard to take Perl as a first programming language without a (human) guide or a course. But I think with a bit of enthusiams it's still possible :-) Just grab Programming Perl from O'Reilly and crunch through the first chapter. It does not assume any knowledge of programming. There's also the Book Learning Perl from O'Reilly. But I do not own this one, so I cannot say anything about it. From what I heard it's especially for newbies. So perhaps that would be better than Programming Perl. regards, cr
newbie need help
ok, i am a newbie at perl, i know this is going to be a very stupid question, but please just help me out then do the "hahaha", ok? :) well, i want to learn perl, but i just kwon it is for web pages, how do i start writing(learning) perl? what do i need to do that? please, any kind of input is welcome.
