Re: [MacPerl] DoAppleScript & Perl dbm files

[Bill Hoffman <bhoff@slip.net>]

Mark Nutter wrote:
> 
> >I can't get the desired result when calling this script from
> >AppleScript, although it works fine when run from MacPerl 5.06 itself:
> 
> Just to rush in where angels fear to tread, let me try this shot in the dark:
> 
> >#!/usr/local/bin/perl
> >
> >dbmopen(%my_array,"my_arrayfile",0644) || die "Ooops" ;
>       relative path ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> When you run from MacPerl, the default directory is the same as the one
> your arrayfile is in, but when you run the AppleScript, you're coming from
> AppleScript's default directory rather than MacPerl's, so my_arrayfile is
> not found.  Unfortunately, die() doesn't return an AppleEvent reply, so you
> get back an empty result string rather than an error message.


Yes, that's it. Thought I had tried that one myself, but apparently I was just staring 
blankly at my monitor instead. Thank you.