Re: [MacPerl] Using Mac NDBM files with Unix Perl

[Stephane Jose <jose.stephane@uqam.ca>]

Ë 14:03 -0400 06/04/97, Roger Espinosa nous disait:

> On Sat, 5 Apr 1997 16:20:53 -0800 (PST) jerry@pwa.acusd.edu (Jerry Stratton)
> wrote:
>
> >I'm trying to upload some MacPerl NDBM files to my Unix site for web
> >use. Do I need to do some sort of conversion? My MacPerl databases are
> >single file; Unix Perl seems to expect ".pag" and ".dir" files.
> >
> >What do I need to do to my MacPerl NDBM files to use them on Unix?
> >
>
> On the UNIX side, you need to say
>
>      use DB_File;
>
> before doing any "dbm" accessing -- that way, UNIX will expect the same
> database files as you're making on the Mac (as long as you transfer in
> binary, etc)
>
> DB_File requires the "Berkeley DB" library to be installed on your system.
> If you don't have that installed, you won't be able to do this.
>
> Roger

Hi,

I followed this mail exchange with great interrest since I've been
unsuccessfully trying to use MacPerl created dbm files on a Unix server (I
develop my scripts with MacPerl then port everything to a Unix server).

I locally installed the DB_File.pm module, unshift it to @INC, then
I tried to 'use DB_File' but the server errors seem to indicate that
someting is missing:

> Can't load module DB_File, DynaLoader not linked into this perl at
>/weblink/gescom/cgi-bin/librairies/DB_File.pm line
> 249
>
> [Mon Apr 7 11:07:51 1997] access to
>/weblink/gescom/cgi-bin/_testDBMunix.pl failed for g2345.258.interlink.net,
> reason: malformed header from script

Since I'm not even sure the Berkeley DB library is installed (my ISP is not
too cooperative - I know, I could change ISP, but it is not that simple...)
I am a bit confused. Can I install the Berkeley DB library locally knowing
that I simply have ftp access to the Unix server (no telnet)?

I really need to find a solution to transparently exchange dbm files
between Mac and Unix. Any Suggestions?

Thanks in advance for any tips or pointers.
Regards

StŽphane

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