Perl

Problems at writing multiple files
I have a problem at writing multiple files. I have this code where I write several XML files (the number of files it's dynamic). I use a loop and in Linux works fine but the problem is Windows. For example lets say that I want to write a long essay into 1 file, Windows and Linux do it as it should be, the problem... 6 Oct 2006 11:53

Problem with string comparison
Hello, I have following program in linux: open(DATA, "/etc/hostname"); $hostname = <DATA>; print $hostname if ($hostname eq "debian01") { print "OK"; } close(DATA); Now, when I execute it I just got: debian01 so it seems that $hostdata = "debian01" but there is no 'OK' string :/. What is wrong?!? Ho... 5 Oct 2006 04:51

Please help me pass an array from VBA to Perl and populate it.Newbie at wits' end!
Dr.Ruud wrote: Michele Dondi schreef: david.f.jenkins: I can't execute an external program or shove files around, because of performance implications, mostly. I need a "sub" (but one written in Perl) that I can call from VBA. (Un)fortunately I don't know enough VBA (namely, no VBA at all)... 6 Oct 2006 17:09

Validating Date-Time Ranges in a Schedule Database
We have developed a manpower scheduling application for one of our clients. The application allows the client to maintain independent weekly work schedules for a number of customers and locations. Now the client wants us to do conflict recognition to ensure that the same employee(s) are not assigned to multiple cus... 4 Oct 2006 22:06

One-Liner Help with -e + ksh heredoc
I'm in the midst of writing a ksh script. I've got a file of junk I need to manipulate with some hash magic in perl, but I'm trying to keep the perl code encapsulated in my ksh script. I'm trying to do something like this... perl -e 'magic' -i file But I want the magic to look more like... perl -e <<EOF ... 5 Oct 2006 02:16

Archive::Zip - how to create huge zip files ?
Hi, My code is : my $zip = Archive::Zip->new(); $zip->addFile("Updates.txt"); $zip->writeToFileNamed($NAME1); However - If I'm zipping huge (20GB) database files into the zip - how and when should I write (writeToFileNamed) this zip file?I beleive Windows will not be able to keep this huge info in the memory... 4 Oct 2006 17:22

XML::Parser Installation error: XML-Parser-2.34
I downloaded the XML-Parser module from http://search.cpan.org/~msergeant/XML-Parser/Parser.pm and I untar the source ball to $HOME/local/XML-Parser-2.34. Can someone give me some helps? I appreciate! Here is what I did and what errors I got: 1) sean$cd local/XML-Parser-2.34 2) XML-Parser-2.34$ ls Changes ... 3 Oct 2006 09:58

Help with Code
Hello all, I am asking for help with the following code: if($old=~/checksum=(\d+)/) I think the =~ is not equal to meaning if $old (which is a filehandler) is not equal to something. also, checksum, is that a UNIX command? checksum is not a variable anywhere in the code I am debugging. I did a man ... 6 Oct 2006 09:15

matching date
Hi, Can someone help me out with the following pattern match? I want to match on the date went its formated like mm/dd/yy. I was trying: /[0,1][0-9]/[0-3][0-9]/[0-9[0-9]/ but my match doesn't seam to work as expected. I think its because of the / used to split the feilds. Could some one show me the correct way to... 28 Sep 2006 20:24

FAQ 2.6 What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN? What does CPAN/src/... mean?
This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq2.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at http://faq.perl.org . --------... 28 Sep 2006 15:05