Re: [MacPerl] CGI Search scripting....

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pobox.com>]

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At 4:04 PM -0800 2/9/98, Tadd M. Williams wrote:

} Using macperl I im ported a search engine CGI and my problem lies with the
} directory path diferences with mac and unix.
} 	When someone clicks on the url they searched for a : appears before
} the filename instead of a /.  My problem is when I put a / instead of a :
} for my path in the script, the script won't work at all...
} 	So mac needs :, but how do I tell the script to convert the : for
} mac to a / for the unix url??

#!perl
use URI::URL;

#An actual file on my main disk
$filename = "The Black Pits:HTML:bookmarks.html";

$url = URI::URL->newlocal($filename);
print $url->as_string."\n";

Is that what you're after?  If not, could you please be more specific next
time?

}
}
} Can u help??
}
} I'm desperatly asking everyone...with no success so far...
}
} Tadd
}
}
}
} ===================================================
} Tadd M. Williams
} Computer Resource Specialist
} UCSD Department of Theatre & Dance
} 9500 Gilman Dr. 0344
} La Jolla, CA 92093-0344
} 619-534-3791
}


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Paul J. Schinder
schinder@pobox.com


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