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Perl-Users Digest, Issue: 8797 Volume: 10
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Mon Dec 26 00:05:20 2005
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:05:03 -0800 (PST)
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Perl-Users Digest Sun, 25 Dec 2005 Volume: 10 Number: 8797
Today's topics:
ANNOUNCE: CGI::Application::Demo V 1.02 <ron@savage.net.au>
Re: not a valid win32 application <news@lawshouse.org>
path as related to the "exec" function <pauls@seanet.com>
Re: path as related to the "exec" function <noreply@gunnar.cc>
Re: path as related to the "exec" function <pauls@seanet.com>
Re: path as related to the "exec" function <tadmc@augustmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 03:14:31 GMT
From: Ron Savage <ron@savage.net.au>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: CGI::Application::Demo V 1.02
Message-Id: <Is3507.CwD@zorch.sf-bay.org>
The pure Perl module CGI::Application::Demo V 1.02
is available immediately from CPAN,
and from http://savage.net.au/Perl-modules.html.
On-line docs, and a *.ppd for ActivePerl are also
available from the latter site.
An extract from the docs:
1.02 Mon 28 Nov 14:58:00 2005
- Add One.pm, Two.pm, Three.pm, Four.pm and Five.pm, with corresponding
config and template files, and instance scripts. These module are
graduated in complexity, and help probe a programming environment.
- Document those modules. Documentation is in Demo.pm; the above modules do not
have their own documentation
- Split out into a separate document the notes on the indirectly required
modules
- Extend the testing environment to include Oracle 10gR1.
This included writing CGI::Session::Driver::oracle
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Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 19:21:43 +0000
From: Henry Law <news@lawshouse.org>
Subject: Re: not a valid win32 application
Message-Id: <1135538505.98008.0@iris.uk.clara.net>
John W. Burns wrote:
> For some inexplicable reason (at least to me) my windows perl application
> has ceased to load.
> When I call perl\bin\perl.exe I receive the message "not a valid win32
> application." OS is Windows XP.
> I have never had this problem in the past. I re-installed Perl from Active
> State and still receive the same
> error message.
Hmm; sounds serious. My first thought would have been to re-install but
you've done that. Presumably you can't run "perl -v" to compare against
this, but in case it helps my Perl is
> This is perl, v5.8.7 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
> (with 7 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
>
> Copyright 1987-2005, Larry Wall
>
> Binary build 813 [148120] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveState.com
> ActiveState is a division of Sophos.
> Built Jun 6 2005 13:36:37
And the module itself is reported by XP as 5.8.7.813, size 45,135 bytes,
dated 06/06/2005 12:37.
Any chance of some malware futzing with Windows XP itself? Trojans and
rootkits routinely try to mask or kill other processes - perhaps one
targets perl. Anti-virus, anti-spyware up to date?
What happens when you launch a ".pl" file from Windows Explorer? Should
be the same thing but can you confirm?
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Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 14:24:22 -0800
From: pauls <pauls@seanet.com>
Subject: path as related to the "exec" function
Message-Id: <u6idnXlWkL25gTLenZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@seanet.com>
Hi,
I am trying to start another program from within PERL useing "exec"
The problem arises due to, I think, a space in a pathname as follows:
exec("d:\\programfiles\\fred\\program v10.1\\wefit.exe plot.dat");
I am trying to start the program "wefir" on the file "plot.dat"
You'll notice how part of the path to the executable includes a space in
one of the directory names.
If the "wefit" file is located in a directory without a space in the
directory name the above type of code of works fine. But, I am stuck
with the space in the pathname (for now) and need a work around.
Anyone have any helpful thoughts on this?
Thanks!
Paul
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Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 00:02:19 +0100
From: Gunnar Hjalmarsson <noreply@gunnar.cc>
Subject: Re: path as related to the "exec" function
Message-Id: <418mqhF1djj30U1@individual.net>
pauls wrote:
> I am trying to start another program from within PERL useing "exec"
>
> The problem arises due to, I think, a space in a pathname as follows:
>
> exec("d:\\programfiles\\fred\\program v10.1\\wefit.exe plot.dat");
Quote the path:
exec('"d:\programfiles\fred\program v10.1\wefit.exe" plot.dat');
--
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Email: http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl
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Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:25:07 -0800
From: pauls <pauls@seanet.com>
Subject: Re: path as related to the "exec" function
Message-Id: <yuKdnRM19qT9tzLeRVn-tA@seanet.com>
Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
> pauls wrote:
>
>> I am trying to start another program from within PERL useing "exec"
>>
>> The problem arises due to, I think, a space in a pathname as follows:
>>
>> exec("d:\\programfiles\\fred\\program v10.1\\wefit.exe plot.dat");
>
>
> Quote the path:
>
> exec('"d:\programfiles\fred\program v10.1\wefit.exe" plot.dat');
>
Hello Gunnar,
That did the trick. Thank you very much for your help, I appreciate it!
Paul
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Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:12:25 -0600
From: Tad McClellan <tadmc@augustmail.com>
Subject: Re: path as related to the "exec" function
Message-Id: <slrndqudb9.i4b.tadmc@magna.augustmail.com>
Gunnar Hjalmarsson <noreply@gunnar.cc> wrote:
> pauls wrote:
>> I am trying to start another program from within PERL useing "exec"
>>
>> The problem arises due to, I think, a space in a pathname as follows:
>>
>> exec("d:\\programfiles\\fred\\program v10.1\\wefit.exe plot.dat");
>
> Quote the path:
>
> exec('"d:\programfiles\fred\program v10.1\wefit.exe" plot.dat');
Or avoid the shell altogether:
exec('d:/programfiles/fred/program v10.1/wefit.exe', 'plot.dat');
--
Tad McClellan SGML consulting
tadmc@augustmail.com Perl programming
Fort Worth, Texas
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