RE: using a command which includes spaces in the system() functio n
You could also use Progra~1 instead of Program Files. However, the real
problem is that you're using Command.com rather than Cmd.exe. Cmd.exe
understands long file names, so my suggestion is that you use that if you can.
Dean Theophilou
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You could also use Win32::GetShortPathName() first. This is untested but I
have done used this approach before.
Example:
$path = Win32::GetShortPathName('C:\Program Files\WinCVS\Examdiff.exe');
system( $path);
Larry S.
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RE: using a command which includes spaces in the system() functio n
Hello:
Basically, you change the ComSpec system environment variable to
%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe. So, if your system root is C:\Windows, the
ComSpec variable would need to be changed to C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe.
How you change a environment variable depends on which OS you're using. I'm
using Windows 2k, so did this:
1. Right-click My Computer
2. Click Properties
3. Click the Advanced tab
4. Click Environment Variables
5. Select ComSpec in the System Variables section
6. Click Edit
Of course, you need to make sure that Cmd.exe is actually on your system before
you do this. The same basic procedure is also used on NT. How you get to the
environment variables is a little different. However, it shouldn't be too hard
to figure out. Let me know if you have any problems.
Dean
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How do you specify which one to use through the
'system' call?
--- Dean Theophilou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You could also use Progra~1 instead of Program
Files. However, the real
problem is that you're using Command.com rather
than Cmd.exe. Cmd.exe
understands long file names, so my suggestion is
that you use that if you can.
Dean Theophilou
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You could also use Win32::GetShortPathName() first.
This is untested but I
have done used this approach before.
Example:
$path = Win32::GetShortPathName('C:\Program
Files\WinCVS\Examdiff.exe');
system( $path);
Larry S.
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RE: Perl + win2k install problems
Why do you need to install it from the command prompt? It's an MSI file. Go to http://www.activestate.com/Products/Download/Get.plex?id=ActivePerl and download it again and then see what happens. DeanTheophilou -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Susan WolakSent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:50 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Perl + win2k install problems Hello, Our server that was running on NT, had O'reilly's website pro version 1.0 and extensions for Frontpage98 on ithas crashed. Our I.S. Dept. put in new hard drive, installed win2k, IIS and now I need to install a version of PERL so my scripts will work (again). When I downloaded PERL before, I got it to install without a problem on this older machine and also on another one running win2k with Lotus Notes' Domino's web server. However - I am having problems getting PERL to install now on this rebuilt harddrive. I downloaded PERL 5.6.1 and tried installing it through the command window like it said below to do: The installation wizard can also be accessed by opening the command window and entering: c:\directory where the install file is located msiexec.exe/i install fileBut I'm having problems getting it to work. There was an error with the MSIEXEC file?Any help would be appreciated.Thanks,Susan WolakLongmont[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Permission woes
Hello: Read pp. 88-94 of Win32 Perl Scripting--The Administrator's Handbook, by Dave Roth.Also, Dave Roth's2nd edition of Win32 Perl Programming--The Standard Extensions is, in my opinion, an absolutely necessary reference for Perl on Win32 platforms. Be that as it may, I don't know why Win32::Perms did not work for you, but perhaps you should check that the printer pathname does not end with a backslash. If you attempt to reference a printer, and its pathname ends in a backslash, then it won't work. Dean Theophilou -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark VeinotSent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 11:18 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Permission woes I need a way of determining what groups and users have what permissions on a local printer. I tried Win32::Perms, but the listing comes back empty when I know it's not. Any help? -Put the cat out? I didn't know it was burning! Mark VeinotNetwork AdministratorLinux Certified Professional
RE: An Index of Incivility in the Perl Community [Xpost]
Very funny. Although it won't be for another 20-50 years, the UNIX OS will cease to exist as a widely-used OS. This is not a bash against UNIX; it IS a high-quality OS. However, the elitism I have found among UNIX people is tremendous! Such elitism is one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) reason that Apple got screwed, and it is exactly for the same reason that UNIX will be screwed too. For all of it's problems, Windows has a great look and feel; I can't tell you how many times I've heard UNIX people whine about how much better a command-line-based OS is. But the fact of the matter is that command-lines have their time and place, and it is NOT all the time and any place. Frequently, using a GUI is a better and more efficient approach. Nevertheless, there is one thing that I think nobody will disagree with: the Windows OSs have made computers accessible to just about everyone...from a 5 year old to a 60+ year old...and the proliferation of computers in our society has made my job all that much more in demand (and profitable). So I thank MS (or M$, if you prefer) and am very appreciative, in spite of whether or not it is a real OS. Dean Theophilou Genisar -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Folse Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 6:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: An Index of Incivility in the Perl Community [Xpost] What? You don't have a Real Operating System? That's your problem! ; ) my only wish is that perlmonks was a bit more friendly to those of us in the corporate world who have no choice but to use WinTel and not Linux. John -Original Message- From: Chris Pettit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 9:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: An Index of Incivility in the Perl Community [Xpost] Greetings -- Good research. In a similar thread I suggested that the Perl group have a list modeled after the Python[Tutor] list. They are remarkably kind to folks, and certainly, many folks are too lazy to look things up before posting. Folks like Matt on XML and DaveR on Win32 have done some remarkable efforts to organize informational web sites. It seems a shame that with all the raw talent out there that a site with the structure of a SourceForge could not be put together to channel the learning effort for P(erl||ython),TCL, etc. ActiveState,CPAN, Perldoc are certainly deserving of credit. They have done a great deal to provide resources for the scripting community. I think the energies of the folks out there producing modules, bindings and languages are better served building code, not maintaining web sites and answering similar questions so often. I sent a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] once and Guido himself responded. Another thing, it is incredible how kind and seemingly humble some of these mega-giants-of-programming can be to mere lame mortals like myself. It would benefit all if a site structured like SourceForge, for lack of something better call it something like InfoForge or Opendox was to organize printable/searchable Faqs to answer these types of questions. The Perl documentation can be challenging to find things. ( no flashing banner ads/gifs allowed ) I know a LOT of experienced programers that are intimidated by Perl. [4real] There is a lot of syntax things that seem to occur by magic like @_. I pulled out a Perl book, $_ was covered on p.363-364. The Perl gang reminds me of name that tune... H*ll, I can write that code in three lines the seive of Erathosenes in ONE line, give me a break, i saw that one. from the command line no-less. I love this stuff. Perhaps a Perl[Assist] group to organize it. How many times have people written to dbi-users on installing DBD::Oracle ??? And they don't even have the Oracle client installed. Maybe, it's just circumstance, but it seems that interest in Perl is increasing. In the bookstores i've seen alot of people picking up Perl books lately. Twice in the last week I've suggested the Perl-DBI book. Often, when i can take the time to reply to posts, I will try to find a link and send it to people. Folks that tell/hint at others to RTFM might be just as lazy as the person doing the posting !!! So, if we had a place to tell them where to go ;-0 , meaning a real link, it would help. An organized effort would help eliminate the inumerable dead links to info out there. As I stated earlier, a SourceForge like site would be helpful. Like: [FAQ] [PerlDoc] [Cookbook] [SampleCode] [Hints] [Links] [Books] [Whitepapers] And, have volunteers run each module or topic. If someone drops the ball others will likely volunteer to pick it up. Like wise if someone does a poor job, control could be transferred if complaints are sufficient. What if it would even lead to a real certification And, if i was smarter, i could
RE: [An open complaint (was RE: An Index of Incivility in the Perl Com munity )] [more rant, please ignore]
Hey Chris (Christine): I think you got something there! From now on I'm going to sign off as Dina, and perhaps claim that the reason I haven't RTFM is because of cramps. :))) ROFL. Dean (Dina) Theophilou Genisar -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Pettit Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 9:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [An open complaint (was RE: An Index of Incivility in the Perl Com munity )] [more rant, please ignore] John -- You forgot to mention how the 'seemingly' young ladies can get the most trite question answered with the finest of detail, patience and consideration. Well my new 'handle' is going to be Emma-Jean Monroe[FSU] or LinMing[UCLA], no one will suspect I'm one of the Un-Showered, long-in-the-tooth X-something engineering propeller heads. Ehh, real mean use Raid for after-shave. What-me-shave?? I can't ever remember a post like, Look, you stringy haired Bimbo, why don't you try RTFM. And, lose the hair spray, you've been doing to too much Apocolyptica or what ??? clp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of JOHN PETRI Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [An open complaint (was RE: An Index of Incivility in the Perl Com munity )] For questions that are unworthy, just ignore the question. Need to toughen of that thin skin? Participate in alt.politics. A week should do it if your a regular kind of guy. One day if you hate Jews, Homosexuals or belong to a local NAZI group. If you are a rookie, say so, apologize (for what I don't know) and ask your question. Some (said some folks) of these Perl guys have no life and sit on these lists all day. It's their alt.polictics and they dump here. If you are a rookie, say so, apologize, ask your question and then say you didn't understand the documentation. Wouldn't be much of a lie, since many don't. I don't. Wall is one of the cutest writers out there - forever going on, much like this post, about this or that. I swear there must be a pie recipe in there somewhere between his clever use of the language - something perl guys do. They even write poety with it. Now is that normal? If you are a pro, change your name often so you can claim to be a rookie and go ahead and ask that question. Just remember rookies, getting mashed by someone probably means he bald, humped backed (from programming all day) and doesn't shower. Well probably not. But it works for me. Like pretending all the audience is in their shorts. Oh, and if you get flamed, just ask the question again and ignor the humpback. Someone else will answer it. There are alot of good folks out their with good posture and sweet smelling (I assume - never smelled our Perl pro - but he does have thick glasses and doesn't mingle well. :-) PS Gotta say I've been ignored but never trashed on this list. I've even written authors of various mods and they answer. Imaging that. And when, months later, I see how tiresome that question must have been, I think their really nice, showered guys.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Lee Goddard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: An Index of Incivility in the Perl Community Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:49:29 +0100 FWIW Mostly hogswash. I learnt Perl from scratch without a book, and got all the help I needed from mailing lists and Usenet. Okay, I didn't ask anyone to complete my scripts or explain what an array is, but I'm not especially bright, just applied common sense. The very high number of lazy people asking questions they could themselves find answers to in the perldocs is a good enough reason to either ignore them or reply RTFM - or better, Go To Learn.Perl.Org. Okay, folks. I seem to have found my civility breaking point. Look, whether you like it or not we are always going to get those questions that lead one to spout out RTFM. I suggest, however, that we bite our tongue and answer the F'n question instead. rant with malice I don't know how many questions I have personally answered because some poor newbie came to me with his tail between his legs because he was scolded by the so called Perl gurus. If this is the attitude that we as a community are going to promote then I suppose I should pack it in right now. I don't know why so many of us have this arrogant, holier than thou attitude. Quite frankly it ticks me off. I dumped a crap load of *unpaid* time and effort to promote open software and this community. I certainly did not want to foster the pathetically low RTFM attitude. What if everyone took your approach. The next time an experienced coder comes to me and asks what I deem a silly question I'll just respond with RTFSC (read the f'n source code). That ought to stop everyone's questions dead. Or how about RTFWAD (read the f'n Win32 API
RE: An open complaint (was RE: An Index of Incivility in the Perl Community )
Please!! No Latin without an English translation. Now I'm going to be wondering about what that means all day! :) Dean (Dina) Theophilou Genisar -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Bo Peaslee Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 6:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: An open complaint (was RE: An Index of Incivility in the Perl Community ) Right on, Dave! -- Paul Bo Peaslee Ne illegitimi carbunculi tibi in facie sint - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 8:19 PM Subject: An open complaint (was RE: An Index of Incivility in the Perl Community ) From: Lee Goddard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: An Index of Incivility in the Perl Community Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:49:29 +0100 FWIW Mostly hogswash. I learnt Perl from scratch without a book, and got all the help I needed from mailing lists and Usenet. Okay, I didn't ask anyone to complete my scripts or explain what an array is, but I'm not especially bright, just applied common sense. The very high number of lazy people asking questions they could themselves find answers to in the perldocs is a good enough reason to either ignore them or reply RTFM - or better, Go To Learn.Perl.Org. Okay, folks. I seem to have found my civility breaking point. Look, whether you like it or not we are always going to get those questions that lead one to spout out RTFM. I suggest, however, that we bite our tongue and answer the F'n question instead. rant with malice I don't know how many questions I have personally answered because some poor newbie came to me with his tail between his legs because he was scolded by the so called Perl gurus. If this is the attitude that we as a community are going to promote then I suppose I should pack it in right now. I don't know why so many of us have this arrogant, holier than thou attitude. Quite frankly it ticks me off. I dumped a crap load of *unpaid* time and effort to promote open software and this community. I certainly did not want to foster the pathetically low RTFM attitude. What if everyone took your approach. The next time an experienced coder comes to me and asks what I deem a silly question I'll just respond with RTFSC (read the f'n source code). That ought to stop everyone's questions dead. Or how about RTFWAD (read the f'n Win32 API documentation)? Where do we draw the line. Ladies and gentlemen, I have better things to do with my time than to feed into a bunch of elitists. I do hope that we as a community decide to come back to basics and assist everyone, not just those who have read the manual. And speaking of the manual...it is not designed for a newbie. The manual looks like it was hastily written with bad examples and the depth of a thimble. Unless you want to rewrite the documentation, don't assume a newbie will understand it. I don't care if you RTFM and walked through fire and fought off alligators. Not everyone is like you. Got it? I do want to ask why so many of you are so adamant to say RTFM? Why does it bother you so much? If you don't like the question, don't answer it. Quite simple, actually. Simply put, elitists suck. Let's change this attitude and become the language that EVERYONE uses. /rant with malice Forgive my $.02. But it is about time that we get a grip on this. Dave Roth http://www.roth.net/ ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users
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