Re: [MacPerl] web cgi question

[jerry@pwa.acusd.edu (Jerry Stratton)]

>Thanks for all the help, folks!  I think I understand how to trade MAC
>scripts with UNIX people now -
>1. save a perl script as plain text
>2. start the script with #!/path/to/perl/program/
>3. make sure the script contains no 'mac specific' calls in it
>
>and then it should run on any UNIX machine that is running Perl?

Pretty much. If you work with files, you need to make your filesystem
characters platform independent, sorta. Macs use ":" between folders, and
a volume begins with the volume name. Unix uses "/" between folders, and
a volume begins with a slash.

#Unix:
$FileSep = "/"; 
$VolumeStart = "/"; 
$RelativeStart = "";

#Mac:
$FileSep = ":";
$VolumeStart = "";
$RelativeStart = ":";

I'm not familiar with DOS/Windows, but I'd guess:
$FileSep = "\";
$VolumeStart = "C:\";
$RelativeStart = "";

Then make sure you don't use "/" or ":" to separate files. Use the
appropriate variable.

Jerry
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