Re: [MacPerl] UNIX Perl Driving Me Mad

[Keary Suska <aksuska@insideflyer.com>]

> You're not using AFS by any chance?  Or that loathesome automount stuff?

All UFS, and automountd is running but I am not sure how it impacts the
partition I am using as it is all one drive (i.e. all partitions, same
drive) Also auto_master does not reference the partition, and I am not using
/home. I don't think I am having problems with any other scripts that I can
tell.

Here's another funny bit--it works from the command line (i.e. perl -e
'print "OK!\n" if -e "timecard/2000.04.16"'), but doesn't work even when I
run the script from the command line. Can the file test operators be
overwritten or overloaded? The only module I use is Time::Local and Lib
directive.

BTW, the error message I get verifies that the $tc variable _is_
interpolating correctly, and there are no funny characters in it.

-K

"To argue with a man who has renounced his reason is like giving medicine to
the dead."
    - Thomas Paine

> From: schinder@pobox.com
> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 15:28:00 -0400
> To: Keary Suska <aksuska@insideflyer.com>
> Cc: macperl@macperl.org
> Subject: Re: [MacPerl] UNIX Perl Driving Me Mad
> 
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 01:17:18PM -0600, Keary Suska wrote:
> } Sorry to post to this list--I forgot the "any Perl" list address. I am
> } having a problem with a script on Solaris 7 (Perl 5.005_04). All of the file
> } tests (-e, -f, -r etc) on a certain file in a certain directory return
> } false, but I can open and read the file using open(). Has anyone come across
> } this? I have checked the permissions, and even granted all permissions and
> } no dice. Code samples follow.
> } 
> } # This command works--i.e. doesn't die
> } open TC, "timecard/$tc" or die( "Unable to open $tc: $!" );
> } 
> } # This command fails--i.e. doesn't die
> } die "I CAN read timecard/$tc!") if( -r "timecard/$tc" );
> } 
> } # This fails--i.e. dies when it shouldn't because file exists.
> } die "No such file timecard/$tc???") if( ! -e "timecard/$tc" );
> } 
> 
> You're not using AFS by any chance?  Or that loathesome automount stuff?
> 
> } 
> } -K
> } 
> } "To argue with a man who has renounced his reason is like giving medicine to
> } the dead."
> }     - Thomas Paine
> } 
> } 
> 
> -- 
> Paul Schinder
> schinder@pobox.com


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