Re: why is this showing up in my error_log?

2002-05-22 Thread Felix Geerinckx
on Wed, 22 May 2002 00:22:30 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jake) wrote: > open(outfile, ">".$pathToXML ) or die ("couldnt open xml file"); > [...] > Unquoted string "outfile" may clash with future reserved word at > /var/www/cgi-bin/adminWorkReport2.cgi line 66. > [...] > open(assignFile, ">".$pathToA

convert date value into text value..

2002-05-22 Thread Sven Bentlage
Hi ! How can I convert a date value (I get via /bin/date) into a text value? Thanks for your help. Sven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sysread and syswrite

2002-05-22 Thread ChaoZ InferNo
Hi all, I am having some problem with sysread and syswrite. Example:- I want to print out a variable to my client over the internet, but would like to use syswrite and sysread would help to reduce mistakes in EOF characters. #!/usr/bin/perl my $buffer; my $test = "hello, how do u do"; #readi

Re: Sysread and syswrite

2002-05-22 Thread Felix Geerinckx
on Wed, 22 May 2002 08:07:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chaoz Inferno) wrote: > I want to print out a variable to my client over the internet, but > would like to use syswrite and sysread would help to reduce > mistakes in EOF characters. Why do you think that? > #!/usr/bin/perl > my $buffer; >

Re: convert date value into text value..

2002-05-22 Thread David vd Geer Inhuur tbv IPlib
Hi Sven, I think you have to do it on another way. Better to let perl find your date. #!/usr/bin/perl use Time::localtime $tijd = localtime; $year = $tijd->year+1900 print $tijd->sec; print "Wir leben heute am jahr: $year"; In this order we have : sec Seconds min Minutes hours hou

Re: Sysread and syswrite

2002-05-22 Thread ChaoZ InferNo
Well, the problem is that I have to print an html header back to the client, and the usual print, I am getting irregular response? Thus, I am hoping to use the sysread and syswrite command to help me pass the html message over to prevent any EOF characters problem? This is a rather sensitive i

use variables in regex

2002-05-22 Thread Sven Bentlage
Hi I'l looking for a way to use a scalar in a regex. The snibblet below shows in about what it is supposed to do. if someone has a better idea how to compare the date value with the $date_today value I extract from the text file, I'd be really happy about any hints.. The snibblet doesn't work,

Re: use variables in regex||solved

2002-05-22 Thread Sven Bentlage
ok, found out myself why it didn't work. I am not sure if it's an elegant chunk of code, but it works. Since the data is in the $_ variable, fooling around with $date_today in the regex coulnd't work out. (Omitted =~ since I use $_.) Sven my $date = `/bin/date +%d.%m.%y`; $date =~ tr/./-/; cho

Re: Sysread and syswrite

2002-05-22 Thread Felix Geerinckx
on Wed, 22 May 2002 09:54:33 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chaoz Inferno) wrote: > Well, the problem is that I have to print an html header back to > the client, and the usual print, I am getting irregular response? I never had any problems using 'print', in combination with the CGI.pm module on an

Sockets tutorial

2002-05-22 Thread Tim Fletcher
Hi everyone, I'm intressted in learning socket programming in perl. does someone know of a good tutorial or mailing list that isn't beginer or CGI oriented? TIA Tim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: use variables in regex||solved

2002-05-22 Thread Felix Geerinckx
on Wed, 22 May 2002 10:26:34 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sven Bentlage) wrote: > my $date = `/bin/date +%d.%m.%y`; > $date =~ tr/./-/; > chomp $date; There is no need to fork here. You can accomplish the same from within Perl, by replacing the above lines with my ($d, $m, $y) = (localtime)[3,

Re: use variables in regex||solved

2002-05-22 Thread Sven Bentlage
Hi Felix thanks for the tips. On Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at 01:20 PM, Felix Geerinckx wrote: > You have a precedence problem here, since '||' has higher precedence > than ','. You should either use > > open(FH, " open FH, " didn't know that yet. fixed it. > (Why are

Re: Sockets tutorial

2002-05-22 Thread Felix Geerinckx
on Wed, 22 May 2002 11:14:34 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Fletcher) wrote: > Hi everyone, > I'm intressted in learning socket programming in perl. > does someone know of a good tutorial or mailing list that isn't > beginer or CGI oriented? Invest in Lincoln Stein's "Network Programming with Per

Re: Translating newlines to HTML paragraphs

2002-05-22 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
I've gone through and read all the other posts in reply to this, and they all seem to ignore a very simple solution. First: strip off the \r\n: s/\r\n/\n/sg Then look for the pattern \n\n (which would indicate the existence of an empty line. For example: "Some paragraph text\n\nA new paragraph")

Re: Sysread and syswrite

2002-05-22 Thread drieux
On Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at 01:07 , ChaoZ InferNo wrote: [..] > I want to print out a variable to my client over the internet, but would > like to use syswrite and sysread would help to reduce mistakes in EOF > characters. [..] I back felix's main line - since sysread/syswrite are for acces

Re: Translating newlines to HTML paragraphs

2002-05-22 Thread drieux
On Tuesday, May 21, 2002, at 05:52 , Jake wrote: [..] > If the latter method works, that's cool, i havent tested it. I will admit > that as I learn this stuff, I tend to do everything the hard way first, > then trim it down. I have test it on [darwin|solaris|redhat linux 7.2] - I could get ove

Re: Translating newlines to HTML paragraphs

2002-05-22 Thread fliptop
drieux wrote: > but if you wanted to 'clean em all' > > $line =~ s/[$eol]+/\n/g > > would find the case of > > \r > \r\n > \n > \r\n\n > > > and replace them all with a single '\n' for all > occurances in the $line that one is going through wouldn't this reg

Re: Cron alternatives?

2002-05-22 Thread drieux
On Tuesday, May 21, 2002, at 10:01 , Troy May wrote: [..] > His server is running RedHat 6.1 Cartman. [..] with little more than a quick peek at redhat.com - this seems to be their old 6.1 release - so yes cron should be ok. cf: man 5 crontab > He needs to have a data file erased the fi

Re: use variables in regex||solved

2002-05-22 Thread drieux
On Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at 03:26 , Sven Bentlage wrote: > ok, found out myself why it didn't work. > I am not sure if it's an elegant chunk of code, but it works. > Since the data is in the $_ variable, fooling around with $date_today in > the regex coulnd't work out. > (Omitted =~ since I

Re: Sysread and syswrite

2002-05-22 Thread ChaoZ Inferno
Well, firstly, it ain't CGI, it's network programming. Well, it's slightly one sublayer below HTML, it's HTTP request/response headers. Thus, print, <>, read, write are not advisable, thus resorting to these. However, I would like to thank both felix and drieux for addressing this problem. See

Re: Sysread and syswrite

2002-05-22 Thread fliptop
ChaoZ Inferno wrote: > Well, firstly, it ain't CGI, it's network programming. if it ain't, why are you posting to a cgi list? http://learn.perl.org/ - choose another list. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How to match next line?

2002-05-22 Thread Scot Robnett
I am concatenating several e-mail lists into one, and some of the addresses are on multiple lists. I need to be able to print out a full, alphabetically sorted list of all the names without printing duplicates. How would I alter the following to make that happen? This gets close; it *will* remove

How to get REMOTE_GROUP

2002-05-22 Thread David vd Geer Inhuur tbv IPlib
Hi There, I have a question about Perl in combination with Apache. You can set restricted areas within Apache to force autentication. Afterwards you can read the userid using : my $user = ($ENV{'REMOTE_USER'}); But as you can see below, there also is a group called htuser in this case. Does an

Tainted filehandles

2002-05-22 Thread Camilo Gonzalez
Someone please help me. I need to be able to untaint filehandles. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to match next line?

2002-05-22 Thread Tagore Smith
Scot Robnett wrote: > I am concatenating several e-mail lists into one, and some of the addresses > are on multiple lists. I need to be able to print out a full, alphabetically > sorted list of all the names without printing duplicates. How would I alter > the following to make that happen? > >

Re: How to match next line?

2002-05-22 Thread Tagore Smith
BTW, one thing you might consider is that there may be duplicate email addresses that differ only in case. You might want to check for that. Tagore Smith -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: How to match next line?

2002-05-22 Thread Scot Robnett
Tagore, Good points, and well taken. I was definitely planning to modify case using tr/[A-Z]/[a-z]/ but just hadn't gotten that far yet. I hadn't considered the hash idea but it makes a hell of a lot more sense than what I was doing. Thanks. Scot Robnett inSite Internet Solutions [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Translating newlines to HTML paragraphs

2002-05-22 Thread John Brooking
--- Matthew Weier O'Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've gone through and read all the other posts in > reply to this, and they > all seem to ignore a very simple solution. > > First: strip off the \r\n: > s/\r\n/\n/sg > > Then look for the pattern \n\n (which would indicate > the existence

Opening Filehandles under taint check

2002-05-22 Thread Camilo Gonzalez
Dudes, Someone has to have some inkling how to open filehandles for writing whilst running in taint mode (-T). C'mon there are some of the best Perl minds in the world here. Is it impossible? I've tried untainting the data I'm using to write with this snippet: #untaint $count if ($co

Re: Opening Filehandles under taint check

2002-05-22 Thread Ovid
--- Camilo Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dudes, > > Someone has to have some inkling how to open filehandles for writing whilst > running in taint mode (-T). C'mon there are some of the best Perl minds in > the world here. Is it impossible? [snip] > but kept getting this error, "Insecure

RE: Cron alternatives?

2002-05-22 Thread Ross Esposito
Try Anacron http://freshmeat.net/projects/anacron/?topic_id=136 -Original Message- From: Troy May [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:02 AM To: Beginners CGI List Subject: Cron alternatives? Hello, A friend of mine has a task he wants to do daily, so I told him