Perldoc problem was Re: regular expression on military time
On Saturday, July 26, 2003 12:05 AM AEST, Ted S. wrote: On 25 Jul 2003, John McMahon wrote in perl: Ted When you produced the output of 'set' below how did you get to the CLI console (command line interpreter aka DOS prompt)? This console was opened in the 'Windows' directory. What was different in *HOW* you got to this console *TO HOW* you got to the console where you invoked 'perldoc.bat' in your earlier message (other than the directory they were opened in)? This console was opened in the 'Perl' directory. I'm not certain I understand your question? In all cases, I'm opening the console via the same shortcut that I've got in the Start menu. I then use the cd command to change directories if need be. And the console is always opened in the Windows directory. I'm just trying to get a picture of what you are doing and how you are doing it to see if I can suggest alternatives that might work. I have changed the subject as it was getting off topic. I assume you have installed Perl in the default location 'c:\perl' and your perl executable directory will be 'c:\perl\bin'. Since you use the same shortcut all the time and your path variable (as shown previously by your 'set' output 'PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND') does not include your Perl directory, to run scripts from the CLI console you would have to run them from the 'c:\perl\bin' directory. Ahh! I think I see the problem. Your previous postings: snip C:\Perlperldoc Usage: perldoc.bat [-h] [-r] [-i] [-v] [-t] [-u] [-m] [-n program] [-l] [- F] [-X ] PageName|ModuleName|ProgramName perldoc.bat -f PerlFunc perldoc.bat -q FAQKeywords The -h option prints more help. Also try perldoc perldoc to get acquainted with the system. /snip and snip C:\Perlperldoc perltoc Can't spawn command.com: No such file or directory at C:\PERL\BIN/perldoc.bat line 383. Can't spawn command.com: No such file or directory at C:\PERL\BIN/perldoc.bat line 383. Can't spawn command.com: No such file or directory at C:\PERL\BIN/perldoc.bat line 383. /snip shows you invoking perldoc in the 'c:\Perl' directory. Information provided so far suggests that this should not work at all, however it did, just not properly. I think this is probably because you don't have the perl executable directory (c:\perl\bin) in your path. If you were to repeat the exercise above in the 'c:\perl\bin' directory, I think it should work. If it does work, invoke 'path c:\perl\bin;%path%' at the prompt to change the path variable for the current console session then 'cd' to another directory and test again. It should work. If this is the answer, then you need to put 'c:\perl\bin' in your path, you probably should anyway. HTH John -- Regards John McMahon (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Tired of Outlook Express/Outlook's messy quoting? Check out OE-Quotefix/Outlook-Quotefix via http://flash.to/oblivion ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
@ARGV array is always empty
Hi: On my Windows XP Professional laptop, when running perl programs from the command, no command line arguments are placed into @ARGV. Whereas, no problem on my Windows XP Home Edition desktop. ActiveState support did not know what the problem is. Here are the details: I downloaded ActivePerl-5.8.0.806-MSWin32-x86.msi and installed on a Thinkpad T23 with XP Professional(SP1). I have the same problem with ActivePerl-5.6.1.635-MSWin32-x86.msi on this machine. Both versions work as expected on my eMachines T2082 desktop. If I run this program, argvProblem.pl - #!perl printf "The number of arguments is %d\n",$#ARGV;exit; on eMachines XP HE - c:\solar\tests\argvProblem.pl 1 2 3 The number of arguments is 2 on T23 XP Pro c:\solar\tests\argvProblem.pl 1 2 3 The number of arguments is -1. If I run c:\solar\tests\perl argvProblem.pl 1 2 3 The number of arguments is 2. and it works fine!! Any ideas? From doing "perl -v", I see they are both 5.8.0, build 806. Compiled C programs can see their arguments on the XP Pro machine. The Folder Options File-Type associations seem the same on both machines. The registries appear to be the same. Perl used to work fine on the T23 but I had a disk failure, restored with the recovery CD, installed SP1, and then the problem. It also failed to work before I installed SP1. Thanks, Larry Watson
Re: CGI Error
Hi all,
i got a
CGI Error message
... I think that you are mixing it up. Perl
syntax allways ends commands with ';'.
I am also learning but haven't arrived yet to perl modules. I am only
programing with plain perl. I need to learn the basics first!
print
header ; ##
NOT ',' but ';'
start_html('mail') ; ## NOT ',' but ';'
...
h1('Mail') ; ## NOT ',' but ';'
...# Do you see |___V___| the starting of
the hash that allows separating with ',' ?
$sender-MailFile({to = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]',
subject = 'Here is the file',
## - here it is correct since it is
part of a hash
msg = "I'm sending you the list you wanted."});
Your doubts indicate that you should try to
understant the following subjects using the command line and typing the
following commands:
please, type...
perldoc -q hash # to
read about hashes
perldoc -m CGI # to read of mod
CGI
And I would first try to do the same thing ,
without using any module. Yes, you can do anything in Perl without
using any module at all.
Of course, you write more, but when we are learning, we need to do that
to learn all well.
For me, a module is like a concept that we know by experience:
"freedom, compassion, etc." - once you have learned them, with only
mentioning them you get the idea. You don't have to pass throught the
same experience, again and again...
Modules are the same: Once you know what they do by having tryied each
by yourself (without using them), you are able to use them correctly.
This is the way of learning Perl like I am doing it so!
Hope it helps.
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Re: @ARGV array is always empty
On your laptop with XP Pro: From the Folder Options - File types dialog: Locate and select the entry for PL file Click the "advanced" button in the details for extension .PL pane at the bottom Select the "open" action from the list, and then click the the "edit" button What do you have under "Application used to perform this action"? My XP Pro has this: "C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe" "%1" %* - Original Message - From: Larry Watson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 10:08 AM Subject: @ARGV array is always empty Hi: On my Windows XP Professional laptop, when running perl programs from the command, no command line arguments are placed into @ARGV. Whereas, no problem on my Windows XP Home Edition desktop. ActiveState support did not know what the problem is. Here are the details: I downloaded ActivePerl-5.8.0.806-MSWin32-x86.msi and installed on a Thinkpad T23 with XP Professional(SP1). I have the same problem with ActivePerl-5.6.1.635-MSWin32-x86.msi on this machine. Both versions work as expected on my eMachines T2082 desktop. If I run this program, argvProblem.pl - #!perl printf "The number of arguments is %d\n",$#ARGV;exit; on eMachines XP HE - c:\solar\tests\argvProblem.pl 1 2 3 The number of arguments is 2 on T23 XP Pro c:\solar\tests\argvProblem.pl 1 2 3 The number of arguments is -1. If I run c:\solar\tests\perl argvProblem.pl 1 2 3 The number of arguments is 2. and it works fine!! Any ideas? From doing "perl -v", I see they are both 5.8.0, build 806. Compiled C programs can see their arguments on the XP Pro machine. The Folder Options File-Type associations seem the same on both machines. The registries appear to be the same. Perl used to work fine on the T23 but I had a disk failure, restored with the recovery CD, installed SP1, and then the problem. It also failed to work before I installed SP1. Thanks, Larry Watson
Re: Perldoc problem was Re: regular expression on military time
Just a quick note: - Original Message - From: John [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ted S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Perl-Win32-Users [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 3:07 AM Subject: Perldoc problem was Re: regular expression on military time clip If it does work, invoke 'path c:\perl\bin;%path%' at the prompt to change the path variable for the current console session then 'cd' to another directory and test again. It should work. If I remember right, this %path% syntax from the command prompt doesn't work under command.com. To change the path like that you'll need to repeat the current value and include the new entry on the end: path c:\windows;c:\windows\command;c:\perl\bin If this is the answer, then you need to put 'c:\perl\bin' in your path, you probably should anyway. HTH John -- Regards John McMahon (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Tired of Outlook Express/Outlook's messy quoting? Check out OE-Quotefix/Outlook-Quotefix via http://flash.to/oblivion ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
RE: @ARGV array is always empty
Larry wrote. Hi: On my Windows XP Professional laptop, when running perl programs from the command, no command line arguments are placed into @ARGV. Whereas, no problem on my Windows XP Home Edition desktop. ActiveState support did not know what the problem is. Here are the details: I downloaded ActivePerl-5.8.0.806-MSWin32-x86.msi and installed on a Thinkpad T23 with XP Professional(SP1). I have the same problem with ActivePerl-5.6.1.635-MSWin32-x86.msi on this machine. Both versions work as expected on my eMachines T2082 desktop. If I run this program, argvProblem.pl - #!perl printf "The number of arguments is %d\n",$#ARGV;exit; on eMachines XP HE - c:\solar\tests\argvProblem.pl 1 2 3 The number of arguments is 2 on T23 XP Pro c:\solar\tests\argvProblem.pl 1 2 3 The number of arguments is -1. If I run c:\solar\tests\perl argvProblem.pl 1 2 3 The number of arguments is 2. and it works fine!! Any ideas? From doing "perl -v", I see they are both 5.8.0, build 806. Compiled C programs can see their arguments on the XP Pro machine. The Folder Options File-Type associations seem the same on both machines. The registries appear to be the same. Perl used to work fine on the T23 but I had a disk failure, restored with the recovery CD, installed SP1, and then the problem. It also failed to work before I installed SP1.[tag] Check in the registry for the following key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Perl\shell\Open\command should have this value "C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe" "%1" %* I think you will find yours if missing the trailing '%*' value HTS Tom Gibb
Re: @ARGV array is always empty
Hello Tom: You suggested check: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Perl\shell\Open\command should have this value "C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe" "%1" %* I think you will find yours if missing the trailing '%*' value I have "C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe" "%1" %* in that key. I'm sorry that apparently wasn't the problem, Thanks, Larry Watson - Original Message - From: Gibb, Thomas A To: Larry Watson ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 8:36 AM Subject: RE: @ARGV array is always empty Larry wrote. Hi: On my Windows XP Professional laptop, when running perl programs from the command, no command line arguments are placed into @ARGV. Whereas, no problem on my Windows XP Home Edition desktop. ActiveState support did not know what the problem is. Here are the details: I downloaded ActivePerl-5.8.0.806-MSWin32-x86.msi and installed on a Thinkpad T23 with XP Professional(SP1). I have the same problem with ActivePerl-5.6.1.635-MSWin32-x86.msi on this machine. Both versions work as expected on my eMachines T2082 desktop. If I run this program, argvProblem.pl - #!perl printf "The number of arguments is %d\n",$#ARGV;exit; on eMachines XP HE - c:\solar\tests\argvProblem.pl 1 2 3 The number of arguments is 2 on T23 XP Pro c:\solar\tests\argvProblem.pl 1 2 3 The number of arguments is -1. If I run c:\solar\tests\perl argvProblem.pl 1 2 3 The number of arguments is 2. and it works fine!! Any ideas? From doing "perl -v", I see they are both 5.8.0, build 806. Compiled C programs can see their arguments on the XP Pro machine. The Folder Options File-Type associations seem the same on both machines. The registries appear to be the same. Perl used to work fine on the T23 but I had a disk failure, restored with the recovery CD, installed SP1, and then the problem. It also failed to work before I installed SP1.[tag] Check in the registry for the following key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Perl\shell\Open\command should have this value "C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe" "%1" %* I think you will find yours if missing the trailing '%*' value HTS Tom Gibb
Substitute for alarm or select(RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT)
I need to wait a fixed time for user response, or to proceed if there is no response within that time. In Unix, alarm or the four-argument form of select can be used. In WinNT, using ActivePerl 5.8.0, neither alarm nor select work as prescribed. Does anyone have ideas for how I can do what I need myself? Howard Siegel [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
Re: CGI Error
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, Alberto Adrian wrote:
i got a CGI Error message
... I think that you are mixing it up. Perl syntax allways ends
commands with ';'.
I am also learning but haven't arrived yet to perl modules. I am only
programing with plain perl. I need to learn the basics first!
print header ; ## NOT ',' but ';'
start_html('mail') ; ## NOT ',' but ';'
...
h1('Mail') ; ## NOT ',' but ';'
You should take a look at 'perldoc -f print'; printing a list,
with items separated by commas, as in
print going ..., going ..., gone!;
works fine.
...# Do you see |___V___| the starting of the hash that allows
separating with ',' ?
$sender-MailFile({to = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]',
subject = 'Here is the file', ##
- here it is correct since it is part of a hash
msg = I'm sending you the list you wanted.});
I'm not sure what you mean here - key/value pairs in a hash
can be separated by ',' or by '='; see 'perldoc perlop'.
Your doubts indicate that you should try to understant the following
subjects using the command line and typing the following commands:
please, type...
perldoc -q hash # to read about hashes
perldoc -m CGI# to read of mod CGI
And I would first try to do the same thing , without using any module.
Yes, you can do anything in Perl without using any module at all.
[ .. ]
Although this may be a good way to learn, most people have
a finite lifetime - getting CGI functionality correct,
including addressing various security concerns, is not
trivial. Most people would advise getting to know CGI.pm,
as this has been tested extensively.
--
best regards,
randy kobes
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Re: Perldoc problem was Re: regular expression on military time
On 27 Jul 2003, Gerry Green wrote in perl: Just a quick note: - Original Message - From: John [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ted S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Perl-Win32-Users [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 3:07 AM Subject: Perldoc problem was Re: regular expression on military time clip If it does work, invoke 'path c:\perl\bin;%path%' at the prompt to change the path variable for the current console session then 'cd' to another directory and test again. It should work. If I remember right, this %path% syntax from the command prompt doesn't work under command.com. To change the path like that you'll need to repeat the current value and include the new entry on the end: path c:\windows;c:\windows\command;c:\perl\bin This doesn't stick when I exit the DOS console. No, I don't know how to change environment variables or other such fun stuff. And heaven knows the help files/documentation are even more meager than what comes with most Perl modules! -- Ted Schuerzinger Homer Simpson: I'm sorry Marge, but sometimes I think we're the worst family in town. Marge: Maybe we should move to a larger community. http://www.snpp.com/episodes/7G04.html ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
Re: Perldoc problem was Re: regular expression on military time
On Monday, July 28, 2003 1:32 AM AEST, Gerry Green wrote: Just a quick note: - Original Message - From: John [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ted S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Perl-Win32-Users [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 3:07 AM Subject: Perldoc problem was Re: regular expression on military time clip If it does work, invoke 'path c:\perl\bin;%path%' at the prompt to change the path variable for the current console session then 'cd' to another directory and test again. It should work. If I remember right, this %path% syntax from the command prompt doesn't work under command.com. To change the path like that you'll need to repeat the current value and include the new entry on the end: path c:\windows;c:\windows\command;c:\perl\bin I am pretty sure it does, I have done that sort of thing for years (back to DOS 2.1), it certainly works in batch files, but I am not going to reboot into W98 just to test it. If this is the answer, then you need to put 'c:\perl\bin' in your path, you probably should anyway. HTH John -- Regards John McMahon (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Tired of Outlook Express/Outlook's messy quoting? Check out OE-Quotefix/Outlook-Quotefix via http://flash.to/oblivion ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
