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Perl-Users Digest Mon, 30 Oct 2000 Volume: 9 Number: 4765
Today's topics:
Statistics for comp.lang.perl.misc <gbacon@cs.uah.edu>
Stop the window closing so fast? <the_wizards_bullitin_board@barclays.net>
Re: Stop the window closing so fast? <jeff@vpservices.com>
Re: Stop the window closing so fast? obonaventure@my-deja.com
Re: Stop the window closing? <the_wizards_bullitin_board@barclays.net>
Re: Stop the window closing? <godzilla@stomp.stomp.tokyo>
Re: Stop the window closing? <jeff@vpservices.com>
Re: Stop the window closing? obonaventure@my-deja.com
Re: Stop the window closing? <godzilla@stomp.stomp.tokyo>
Re: Stop the window closing? <camerond@mail.uca.edu>
Re: TCP Sockets in Perl (Mark-Jason Dominus)
Re: TCP Sockets in Perl <ahr@ti.allieur.no.com>
Re: TCP Sockets in Perl <uri@sysarch.com>
using ExtUtils::Command ... <apsalazar@mail.telepac.pt>
Where can I find gd.h? <simon.dai@bmonesbittburns.com>
Re: Where can I find gd.h? <flavell@mail.cern.ch>
Re: Which is the best PERL learning book? nobull@mail.com
Digest Administrivia (Last modified: 16 Sep 99) (Perl-Users-Digest Admin)
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:53:20 -0000
From: Greg Bacon <gbacon@cs.uah.edu>
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.perl.misc
Message-Id: <svr9s075lg2pb6@corp.supernews.com>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 23 Oct 2000 16:35:04 GMT and ending at
30 Oct 2000 13:36:28 GMT.
Notes
=====
- A line in the body of a post is considered to be original if it
does *not* match the regular expression /^\s{0,3}(?:>|:|\S+>|\+\+)/.
- All text after the last cut line (/^-- $/) in the body is
considered to be the author's signature.
- The scanner prefers the Reply-To: header over the From: header
in determining the "real" email address and name.
- Original Content Rating (OCR) is the ratio of the original content
volume to the total body volume.
- Find the News-Scan distribution on the CPAN!
<URL:http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/News/>
- Please send all comments to Greg Bacon <gbacon@cs.uah.edu>.
- Copyright (c) 2000 Greg Bacon.
Verbatim copying and redistribution is permitted without royalty;
alteration is not permitted. Redistribution and/or use for any
commercial purpose is prohibited.
Excluded Posters
================
perlfaq-suggestions\@(?:.*\.)?perl\.com
Totals
======
Posters: 462
Articles: 1539 (670 with cutlined signatures)
Threads: 391
Volume generated: 2706.2 kb
- headers: 1229.8 kb (24,502 lines)
- bodies: 1392.0 kb (47,041 lines)
- original: 847.4 kb (31,753 lines)
- signatures: 82.9 kb (2,207 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.609
Averages
========
Posts per poster: 3.3
median: 1.0 post
mode: 1 post - 246 posters
s: 6.7 posts
Posts per thread: 3.9
median: 3 posts
mode: 1 post - 91 threads
s: 3.9 posts
Message size: 1800.6 bytes
- header: 818.3 bytes (15.9 lines)
- body: 926.2 bytes (30.6 lines)
- original: 563.8 bytes (20.6 lines)
- signature: 55.2 bytes (1.4 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts
=================================
(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
----- -------------------------- -------
61 112.5 ( 45.5/ 58.5/ 35.3) Tad McClellan <tadmc@metronet.com>
50 113.1 ( 42.5/ 60.6/ 37.1) mgjv@tradingpost.com.au
37 61.9 ( 30.0/ 27.5/ 11.8) Jonathan Stowe <gellyfish@gellyfish.com>
36 58.1 ( 23.6/ 30.4/ 14.6) Larry Rosler <lr@hpl.hp.com>
36 71.8 ( 32.6/ 38.8/ 26.9) "Godzilla!" <godzilla@stomp.stomp.tokyo>
35 51.8 ( 27.8/ 23.8/ 13.8) Jeff Zucker <jeff@vpservices.com>
32 57.5 ( 25.4/ 27.3/ 16.5) Gwyn Judd <tjla@guvfybir.qlaqaf.bet>
32 55.3 ( 26.3/ 27.7/ 11.4) jason <elephant@squirrelgroup.com>
31 50.5 ( 22.5/ 25.5/ 15.2) nobull@mail.com
27 57.8 ( 24.5/ 32.6/ 18.2) Ren Maddox <ren.maddox@tivoli.com>
These posters accounted for 24.5% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume
========================
(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
-------------------------- ----- -------
113.1 ( 42.5/ 60.6/ 37.1) 50 mgjv@tradingpost.com.au
112.5 ( 45.5/ 58.5/ 35.3) 61 Tad McClellan <tadmc@metronet.com>
71.8 ( 32.6/ 38.8/ 26.9) 36 "Godzilla!" <godzilla@stomp.stomp.tokyo>
61.9 ( 30.0/ 27.5/ 11.8) 37 Jonathan Stowe <gellyfish@gellyfish.com>
58.1 ( 23.6/ 30.4/ 14.6) 36 Larry Rosler <lr@hpl.hp.com>
57.8 ( 24.5/ 32.6/ 18.2) 27 Ren Maddox <ren.maddox@tivoli.com>
57.5 ( 25.4/ 27.3/ 16.5) 32 Gwyn Judd <tjla@guvfybir.qlaqaf.bet>
55.3 ( 26.3/ 27.7/ 11.4) 32 jason <elephant@squirrelgroup.com>
55.0 ( 13.4/ 41.6/ 32.4) 19 Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com>
51.8 ( 27.8/ 23.8/ 13.8) 35 Jeff Zucker <jeff@vpservices.com>
These posters accounted for 25.7% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
==============================================
(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.977 ( 3.2 / 3.3) 6 Tarael200 <tarael200@aol.com>
0.958 ( 7.1 / 7.4) 12 David Steuber <nospam@david-steuber.com>
0.931 ( 6.4 / 6.9) 20 xerxes_2k@my-deja.com
0.849 ( 7.2 / 8.4) 7 "Michael Balenger" <MBalenger@worldnet.att.net>
0.821 ( 19.1 / 23.2) 26 Mark-Jason Dominus <mjd@plover.com>
0.779 ( 32.4 / 41.6) 19 Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com>
0.754 ( 3.2 / 4.3) 6 "Alan J. Flavell" <flavell@mail.cern.ch>
0.721 ( 3.8 / 5.2) 9 Elaine Ashton <elaine@chaos.wustl.edu>
0.721 ( 9.8 / 13.6) 12 Logan Shaw <logan@cs.utexas.edu>
0.719 ( 14.1 / 19.6) 12 Anno Siegel <anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de>
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
=================================================
(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.406 ( 3.3 / 8.2) 6 Bob Walton <bwalton@rochester.rr.com>
0.406 ( 1.7 / 4.3) 5 Linc Madison <lincmad001@telecom-digest.zzn.com>
0.404 ( 2.4 / 6.0) 6 schnurmann@my-deja.com
0.395 ( 1.4 / 3.5) 7 Tony Curtis <tony_curtis32@yahoo.com>
0.395 ( 2.8 / 7.0) 6 "Peter Sundstrom" <peter.sundstrom@eds.com>
0.347 ( 0.9 / 2.5) 5 "John W. Krahn" <krahnj@acm.org>
0.331 ( 1.6 / 4.8) 5 Anders Lund <anders@wall.alweb.dk>
0.314 ( 5.8 / 18.6) 15 Dave Brondsema <brondsem@my-deja.com>
0.304 ( 2.2 / 7.3) 6 "Randy Harris" <harrisr@bignet.net>
0.286 ( 1.4 / 5.0) 6 "Michael Cook" <mikecook@cigarpool.com>
67 posters (14%) had at least five posts.
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts
=================================
Posts Subject
----- -------
28 Regular expression help
26 Legal email addresses...
24 Perl outputs to dos instead of ie5 browser
17 How can I word wrap on STDOUT?
16 grep vs. a subroutine to find an occurance of an element in a list
16 What will the code look like?
16 Bitreverse an integer
16 what does /warn "$x" if "$x"/ mean
15 Hey guys... can you lend an ear?
15 OT: Jihad definition
These threads accounted for 12.3% of all articles.
Top 10 Threads by Volume
========================
(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
-------------------------- ----- -------
57.8 ( 25.6/ 29.3/ 18.0) 26 Legal email addresses...
51.7 ( 23.1/ 27.2/ 16.9) 24 Perl outputs to dos instead of ie5 browser
47.0 ( 22.1/ 22.5/ 13.9) 28 Regular expression help
46.9 ( 12.8/ 33.0/ 18.7) 16 grep vs. a subroutine to find an occurance of an element in a list
43.6 ( 12.8/ 29.6/ 20.6) 16 Bitreverse an integer
36.3 ( 14.5/ 20.1/ 9.5) 16 what does /warn "$x" if "$x"/ mean
35.3 ( 11.4/ 23.4/ 13.3) 15 Hey guys... can you lend an ear?
34.0 ( 11.6/ 22.1/ 15.8) 14 Comparing two files
30.6 ( 18.4/ 10.5/ 6.2) 15 OT: Jihad definition
29.4 ( 12.7/ 16.3/ 6.9) 15 complex (for me anyway) rexexp
These threads accounted for 15.2% of the total volume.
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of five posts)
==============================================
(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.811 ( 1.7/ 2.0) 5 errors
0.809 ( 4.2/ 5.1) 8 How to protect perl program from pirates?
0.791 ( 6.0/ 7.6) 5 Set path to perl.exe for Win 98 se
0.765 ( 3.9/ 5.1) 6 Linux: Perl readline...
0.763 ( 3.3/ 4.3) 9 I hate doublequotes!!!!!
0.751 ( 2.0/ 2.6) 7 Perl: ICQ Checker
0.747 ( 2.9/ 3.9) 5 Help with array concatenation
0.746 ( 5.1/ 6.8) 10 stat / inode question
0.743 ( 2.2/ 3.0) 5 Bi-directional pipes with NT
0.731 ( 6.6/ 9.0) 9 emulating flock
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of five posts)
=================================================
(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.417 ( 2.7 / 6.5) 5 Can someone help
0.408 ( 5.0 / 12.1) 11 ActivePerl under Windoze 98
0.407 ( 1.2 / 2.9) 7 Make me a hot or not script
0.386 ( 2.2 / 5.6) 7 Length of a string stored in a scalar
0.385 ( 2.1 / 5.5) 5 redirecting output changes order?
0.381 ( 0.7 / 1.8) 5 Form CGI help please
0.380 ( 2.3 / 6.0) 6 help with system ()
0.376 ( 2.5 / 6.6) 6 Submit buttons
0.347 ( 1.8 / 5.3) 5 Subroutine reference/undef/redefine anomaly
0.345 ( 2.7 / 7.7) 5 Processing an Email (sendmail) attachment with Perl
110 threads (28%) had at least five posts.
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts
=============================
Articles Newsgroup
-------- ---------
43 comp.lang.perl.modules
13 alt.perl
9 comp.lang.perl.moderated
8 comp.lang.perl
7 de.comp.lang.perl.misc
4 comp.os.ms-windows.nt
4 comp.lang.c++
4 comp.lang.c
2 alt.comp.lang.superlang
2 comp.os.linux.advocacy
Top 10 Crossposters
===================
Articles Address
-------- -------
8 mgjv@tradingpost.com.au
4 AndreasKleiner <AndreasKleiner@compuserve.de>
4 Phil xxx <phil_xxx@my-deja.com>
3 "Onegin" <usenetjournal@hotmail.com>
3 "alex" <nobody@nowhere.com>
3 Tom Phoenix <rootbeer&pfaq*finding*@redcat.com>
3 Dean J . Pompilio <dean_j_pompilio@yahoo.com>
3 AH <ahr@ti.allieur.no.com>
3 Erik van Roode <newsposter@cthulhu.demon.nl>
3 "Godzilla!" <godzilla@stomp.stomp.tokyo>
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:40:33 -0000
From: "Newbie" <the_wizards_bullitin_board@barclays.net>
Subject: Stop the window closing so fast?
Message-Id: <39fd8aa0@news.jakinternet.co.uk>
When I run a script in win 98
using perl 5.6
The script runs so fast you can't see the results?
There is away in dos but could some one explain in detail how to set up the
shortcut and what the command lines etc would be?
Thanks in Advance mark
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 08:25:35 -0800
From: Jeff Zucker <jeff@vpservices.com>
Subject: Re: Stop the window closing so fast?
Message-Id: <39FDA0FF.F0D3C181@vpservices.com>
It is extremely rude to post the same question at the same time in a
newsgroup with two different subject lines.
--
Jeff
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:21:15 GMT
From: obonaventure@my-deja.com
Subject: Re: Stop the window closing so fast?
Message-Id: <8tk75h$n77$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
This is what I use:
# Prevents the Command Window from closing immediately. So the
# results can be viewed. Remove before releasing to production
# Unless deemed necessary.
######################################################################
print "\nPress <Enter> to continue....";
<STDIN>;
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:34:12 -0000
From: "Newbie" <the_wizards_bullitin_board@barclays.net>
Subject: Re: Stop the window closing?
Message-Id: <39fd891f$1@news.jakinternet.co.uk>
Sorry but I need more Help!!
Ive opened the dos window and went to the scripts directory where my .pl
files are and typed "test.pl" and I get bad file name or directory.
Ive had a go at doing a batch file but no good, any more advice please.
Thanks
Jeff Zucker <jeff@vpservices.com> wrote in message
news:39FCEF0D.A93EC121@vpservices.com...
> Newbie wrote:
> >
> > Ive installed perl on my local machine and every time I run a perl
script
> > it flashes by in a flash.
> > How can I keep the page open to view the results?
> > win 98
> > using Active Perl.
>
> 1. click on start menu
> 2. click on run
> 3. type "command" and press enter
>
> A DOS console box will open, in the box:
>
> 4. cd to the directory containing the script
> 5. type perl srciptname, press enter
>
> Eventually, just make yourself a shortcut to the DOS console box and
> open it as your command line for testing scripts.
>
> --
> Jeff
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 08:13:36 -0800
From: "Godzilla!" <godzilla@stomp.stomp.tokyo>
Subject: Re: Stop the window closing?
Message-Id: <39FD9E30.12215CA@stomp.stomp.tokyo>
Newbie wrote:
> Ive opened the dos window and went to the scripts directory
> where my .pl files are and typed "test.pl" and I get bad file
> name or directory.
> Ive had a go at doing a batch file but no good, any more
> advice please.
Can't say I have a lot of expertise on this topic. However
having recently installed Perl 5.6 on my Win machine and
having to overcome and correct many problems created by
this installation, I learned from another here, Randy
Harris, how to fix this screw-up by Active State, give
this method a try.
When you initially open your DOS window, you will
have a prompt for C:\windows, type in and hit Enter
each time:
cd .. (ENTER)
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\PERL\BIN (ENTER)
Now return to your directory holding your script
and give it a try. This should work if you used
a default install for Active State and, set your
install directory to c:\perl rather than the usual
c:\programs\etc.. etc..
If not, change
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\PERL\BIN
to reflect your actual installation path,
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\PROGRAMS\YOUR\PATH\TO\PERL\BIN
After testing this to be sure all works, add this
path statement to your autoexec.bat file and reboot.
Be sure you make a backup copy of your autoexec.bat
before you make any changes. This is critical for
system safety. Should something go wrong, reboot
into DOS, and change your autoexec.bat back to
original by renaming your backup copy.
You will discover there is zero documentation on
this problem; don't expect help from Active State.
Godzilla!
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 08:24:46 -0800
From: Jeff Zucker <jeff@vpservices.com>
Subject: Re: Stop the window closing?
Message-Id: <39FDA0CE.B9ACDB62@vpservices.com>
[put your replies after what you are replying to if you want anyone to
read them]
Newbie wrote:
>
> Jeff Zucker <jeff@vpservices.com> wrote in message
> news:39FCEF0D.A93EC121@vpservices.com...
> > Newbie wrote:
> > >
> > > How can I keep the page open to view the results?
> >
> > ...
> >
> > 5. type perl srciptname, press enter
> >
> Sorry but I need more Help!!
Yes, you need help reading the English language.
> Ive opened the dos window and went to the scripts directory where my .pl
> files are and typed "test.pl" and I get bad file name or directory.
Does step #5 say to "type scriptname"? No, it says to "type perl
scriptname". In your case, you would type "perl test.pl". And if that
produces "bad command" it means that perl is not on your path and you
need to set your path which is a DOS operation so if you don't know how
to do that, look it up in a DOS manual or ask in a windoze/DOS related
newsgroup, not here.
--
Jeff
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:22:14 GMT
From: obonaventure@my-deja.com
Subject: Re: Stop the window closing?
Message-Id: <8tk77c$n7u$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
# Prevents the Command Window from closing immediately. So the
# results can be viewed. Remove before releasing to production
# Unless deemed necessary.
######################################################################
print "\nPress <Enter> to continue....";
<STDIN>;
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 08:54:33 -0800
From: "Godzilla!" <godzilla@stomp.stomp.tokyo>
Subject: Re: Stop the window closing?
Message-Id: <39FDA7C9.A78AEB20@stomp.stomp.tokyo>
"Godzilla!" wrote:
> Newbie wrote:
> > Ive opened the dos window and went to the scripts directory
> > where my .pl files are and typed "test.pl" and I get bad file
> > name or directory.
See my previous article on a path statement.
After reading your article again, be sure
your are typing in,
perl test.pl
rather than,
test.pl
You need to preface with 'perl' to have this work.
Will you be installing a web server on your machine?
Currently I am working on installation of Perl under
an Apache web server on my machine to allow running
scripts as cgi under Apache service to avoid a need
for use of DOS to test a majority of my scripts. This
hopefully will eliminate a need to jump through so
many DOS hula hoops to run perl scripts and afford
an abilily to establish a web style interface to work
with Perl via a web browser.
Godzilla!
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:55:29 -0600
From: Cameron Dorey <camerond@mail.uca.edu>
Subject: Re: Stop the window closing?
Message-Id: <39FDA801.9546926A@mail.uca.edu>
Newbie wrote:
>
> Sorry but I need more Help!!
> Ive opened the dos window and went to the scripts directory where my .pl
> files are and typed "test.pl" and I get bad file name or directory.
If Jeff can't get back to you quickly, I thought I'd jump in before you
are corrupted by our infamous giant lizard:
That's not what he said, see below:
> Jeff Zucker <jeff@vpservices.com> wrote in message
> [snip]
> > 5. type perl srciptname, press enter
> >
Type "perl scriptname, <Enter>"
On Win9x, you have to tell the OS you are using perl.exe to run your
script. On WinNT, the different command shell will let you get away with
just typing "scriptname.pl <Enter>"
Cameron
--
Cameron Dorey
Associate Professor of Chemistry
University of Central Arkansas
Phone: 501-450-5938
camerond@mail.uca.edu
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:31:41 GMT
From: mjd@plover.com (Mark-Jason Dominus)
Subject: Re: TCP Sockets in Perl
Message-Id: <39fda26d.cd9$303@news.op.net>
Keywords: Cecil, Somali, alarm, quiz
In article <Qc3L5.69854$sE.187188@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com>,
Simon Jefford <syd@morpheus.org.uk> wrote:
>I can make the connection fine (using the IO::Socket::INET module). When
>I read from the socket I get the hello after about five minutes. Which
>obviously isn't good enough. I then send the authentication details by
>printing to the socket.
I don't have any good specific advice except that you should try
showing us some code. I mostly posted because I wanted to tell you
how to type SOH.
>When I telnet to the server I get the hello message almost straight away.
>I can't test sending stuff using telnet because the protocol involves
>things like SOH (Ascii 1) which I find a bit difficult to type(!)
That is a control-A character. To type it, you hold down the
'control' key and press 'a'.
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:53:21 +0100
From: AH <ahr@ti.allieur.no.com>
Subject: Re: TCP Sockets in Perl
Message-Id: <39FD9970.C23D909@ti.allieur.no.com>
Simon Jefford wrote:
> I'm having immense difficulty with the following :
>
> The task is to connect to a server in order to make a stock enquiry. The
> enquiry is made using a custom protocol developed by a third party. The
> conversation should go like this:
>
> Stock Server : Hello
> Perl Client : Authentication
> Stock Server : Authentication Successful
> Perl Client : Request for Stock Level
> Stock Server : Stock Level
>
> I can make the connection fine (using the IO::Socket::INET module). When
> I read from the socket I get the hello after about five minutes. Which
> obviously isn't good enough. I then send the authentication details by
> printing to the socket. That works fine (or at least it seems to). When I
> read from the socket (i.e. $reply = <$socket>) it returns straightaway but
> $reply is empty.
>
> When I telnet to the server I get the hello message almost straight away.
> I can't test sending stuff using telnet because the protocol involves
> things like SOH (Ascii 1) which I find a bit difficult to type(!)
>
> Does anyone have any pointers as to where the problem could be? I can't
> be more specific at the moment, because the code is at work. Has anyone
> come across anything which sounds similar.
>
> Many thanks,
> Simon
While doing almost the same, I solved this with
select(STDIN); $| = 1;
select(STDOUT); $| = 1; # make unbuffered
Regards
--
Andre H. UNIX System Administrator
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 18:29:34 GMT
From: Uri Guttman <uri@sysarch.com>
Subject: Re: TCP Sockets in Perl
Message-Id: <x74s1uji7l.fsf@home.sysarch.com>
>>>>> "A" == AH <ahr@ti.allieur.no.com> writes:
A> select(STDIN); $| = 1;
that is meaningless. STDIN is not an output handle so $| doesn't affect
it. you can't directly control the buffering on the other side of a pipe
or socket.
A> select(STDOUT); $| = 1; # make unbuffered
if you remove the previous useless line then all you need is $| = 1.
also set $| on all sockets/pipes you create. if the other process
doesn't do proper flushing, you may never get it working. some programs
have command line options to disable block buffereing so they can
interact properly over a pipe.
uri
--
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SYStems ARCHitecture, Software Engineering, Perl, Internet, UNIX Consulting
The Perl Books Page ----------- http://www.sysarch.com/cgi-bin/perl_books
The Best Search Engine on the Net ---------- http://www.northernlight.com
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 13:44:54 -0000
From: "salazar" <apsalazar@mail.telepac.pt>
Subject: using ExtUtils::Command ...
Message-Id: <39fd7c88.0@briol.cet.pt>
I want use some shell commands like copy, move, ..., but, I want use them in
a portable way, I mean, I want that my script works in Windows and in a Unix
environment too. So, I don't want use system("copy", ...) or a system("cp",
...) because is dependent of environment. So, I'm trying to use the
ExtUtils:::Command, because if I make cp("arg1","arg2"), in some how, it
will translate the cp command for "cp" in a Unix or "copy" in a Windows
environment.
Now, my problem is that I'm trying to use a cp or mv, but apparently with no
outside errors but with no effect at all ... it doesn't anything with the
files !!??
Why? What is wrong?
(I'm testing now with ActivePerl in windows)
--
./salazar
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 13:21:16 -0500
From: "Simon Dai" <simon.dai@bmonesbittburns.com>
Subject: Where can I find gd.h?
Message-Id: <xXiL5.52149$Z2.740881@nnrp1.uunet.ca>
Hi, folks, when I was trying to install GD.pm with GD-1.30.tar.gz downloaded
from CPAN, make complaint that gd.h is missing from my system, and I just
can't find it anywhere, can somone tell me where I can get it or it's just
bundled inside another module? Thanks a lot in advance.
Simon
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:40:01 +0100
From: "Alan J. Flavell" <flavell@mail.cern.ch>
Subject: Re: Where can I find gd.h?
Message-Id: <Pine.GHP.4.21.0010301933370.6847-100000@hpplus03.cern.ch>
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Simon Dai wrote:
> Hi, folks, when I was trying to install GD.pm with GD-1.30.tar.gz downloaded
> from CPAN, make complaint that gd.h is missing from my system,
Then the prima facie assumption is that you haven't properly installed
the gd library first. If you think this is wrong then you'd need to
post more detail of your situation.
Mine's in /usr/local/include/gd.h and it got there by installing the
gd library.
Btw, postings that are on-topic for a *.specific group are generally
considered off-topic for the *.misc group, and vice versa. I've set
narrowed f'ups.
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Date: 30 Oct 2000 18:08:39 +0000
From: nobull@mail.com
Subject: Re: Which is the best PERL learning book?
Message-Id: <u9r94ynqvs.fsf@wcl-l.bham.ac.uk>
Peter <al@bnospamb.cc> writes:
> Is it the Camel book or the llama book or Beginning PERL?
> I am trying to learn perl.
Obviously that depends on you. If you are a high-power programmer
with lots of Unix experience learning Perl as your 15th programming
language then your requirements will be somewhat different from
someone who's only experience of programming is a few Mickey Mouse VB
programs.
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