archives

Documenting a Framework Installation

Has anyone developed a script that assembles the relavent configuration files and documents the current configuration of a framework. You could

Set breakpoint at a file/class in debugger

Dear all, Does anyone know how to set a breakpoint at a file or class that is not in the main program file when using debugger? For example, I have a Perl class named MyClass.pm, and my main program is named main.pl which use MyClass module. When I launch the debugger by typing "perl -d main.pl", I want to set a breakpoint at line 100 of

FAQ 4.71 How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq4.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 [link] .

FAQ 6.6 How can I make "\w" match national character sets?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq6.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 [link] .

Performance on Windows: Cygwin is much faster. Why?

Below is a small program to calculate some values using Lehmer's algorithm. Running it on Windows XP, I found some rather strange performance facts. Using ActiveState 5.10, it runs in 1117 seconds. With Strawberry 5.10, it takes 945 seconds. But with Cygwin (using version Perl 5.8), on the same machine, it finishes

FAQ 4.74 How do I define methods for every class/object?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq4.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 [link] .

Ask iLounge 6-6-08 - iLounge

Ask iLounge 6-6-08 iLounge, CA - 10 hours ago Conversion

Goodbye Fedora!

I wrote more then one post on this group about installing Oracle on Fedora, for various versions of Fedora. Fedora has always been a bleeding edge endeavour, which helped finding tools and products to use with the future versions of Red Hat Linux and Oracle. At the moment, I am running Oracle11 on Fedora8 and investigating things

Goodbye Fedora!

I wrote more then one post on this group about installing Oracle on Fedora, for various versions of Fedora. Fedora has always been a bleeding edge endeavour, which helped finding tools and products to use with the future versions of Red Hat Linux and Oracle. At the moment, I am running Oracle11 on Fedora8 and investigating things

FAQ 5.5 How can I copy a file?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq5.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 [link] .

File Locked After Close?

Hi, The last line of the following code snippet fails: open FILE, '<file.dat' die '...'; process(FILE); close FILE; system('command file.dat'); It looks like FILE is still locked because if I break out the last line into a separate script, it works. In fact, if I open FILE on another file, the last line also works. I'd like to fix the issue

Gadgets help resurrect fading memories - The Times

Gadgets help resurrect fading memories The Times, South Africa - 2 hours ago All three purport to simplify turning the relics of your analogue life into shiny new digital files .

HyperCard Comes Back From the Dead to the Web - Slashdot

HyperCard Comes Back From the Dead to the Web Slashdot - 10 hours ago ... file formats never change and become incompatible, even over the course of time between hypercard and now.

Few questions about arguments and subroutines/modules

I'm newbie who is looking for some online tutorial about advanced use of arguments for subroutines and modules. Let's say I have a script that would take 3 arguments first - single word second - sentence third - path additional one that would display help How to : - declare a default value for first argument if not provided by user