RE: Issue with Mail::Sender : "what is the << function called?"

2009-03-05 Thread Andy_Bach
> ... but what exactly is the "<<" function called? It's called a "here doc" - it's a unix/shell convention, allowing multiline input: $ mail root < hi > > mom > > . > EOM (old 'mail' ends w/ a '.' on line by itself) perldoc -q HERE.Doc Found in /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/pod/perlfaq4.pod W

RE: Issue with Mail::Sender : "what is the << function called?"

2009-03-05 Thread Greg Aiken
please forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is the "<<" function called? Ive tried to search the net for "perl" and "<<" and cant seem to find anything about this? -Original Message- From: perl-win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com [mailto:perl-win32-users-boun...@listserv.actives