[MacPerl] Re: [MacPerl-Modules] PLease help me

[David Steffen <steffen@biomedcomp.com>]

>Hi there

Howdy!

1) This message should not have been posted to all the MacPerl 
groups.  Rarely is there reason to post to more than one group, and I 
doubt that there ever is a reason to post to all.  The appropriate 
group (to which I am replying) is:

macperl@macperl.org

2) Your message doesn't have a lot of detail which makes it harder to 
help, but I'll try :-)  If this first question does not elicit the 
answers you need, you might try providing a more detailed question. 
Showing example code is frequently helpful.

>i download perl password files through internet but
>when i am trying to run on MAC it not working

I don't know what you mean by a perl password file.  Given that you 
are trying to run it, I assume it is a program.

MacPerl and other Perls are quite compatable.  You can get a list of 
differences by running the MacPerl application, and from the Help 
menu, selecting "Macintosh specific features".  If you are going to 
do much work with MacPerl, I recommend the book "MacPerl: Power and 
Ease".

One important difference between MacPerl and Perl under Unix (for 
example) is that Unix and Macintosh text files use different 
newlines; Unix uses (in base 10) ASCII 10, and Macintosh uses ASCII 
13.  Be sure you transfer both scripts and text datafiles as 
textfiles so that the newlines are properly translated.

>i need to define path for directory as well

 From the POD file you open when you select "Macintosh specific 
features" from the MacPerl Help menu:

"Pathnames are specified as:

         volume:folder:file              for absolute pathnames
         :folder:file                    for relative pathnames
         :file                           for relative pathnames
         file                            for relative pathnames"

Hope this helps.  If not, please ask (on one list :-) again.

-David Steffen-
David Steffen, Ph.D.
President, Biomedical Computing, Inc. <http://www.biomedcomp.com/>
Phone: (713) 610-9770 FAX: (713) 610-9769 E-mail: steffen@biomedcomp.com

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