The environment variables are parameters to a script (the script author used
this as the mechanism for providing parameters rather than command-line
arguments). If there is an environment variable that is known to cause this
behavior, I can provide a list of them, but most are application-specific
and don't have anything to do with the OS (unless there is some collision
that I'm not aware of). (The ones that do have something to do with OS are
PERL5LIB and PATH, which I would think wouldn't be the source of any
problems along these lines).
The OS is red hat linux, 2.4.21-4.ELsmp
On Apr 9, 2005 10:13 AM, Jeff Stampes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
perl version 5.8.0, I am debugging a script that uses a module, and
that module elicits a warning like you only used that filehandle once,
you dolt in filename line whatever (I paraphrase, since I can't
post from work, and that's where the problem is).
The problem is the filenames is some weird characters, and they change
when some random environment variables that have nothing to do with
perl (I believe) change. Sometimes it breaks the terminal, meaning
all the subsequent output to the screen is these weird characters
(reminding me maybe of when you try to view a binary file in a text
editor) and I end up having to close the session and fire up a new
terminal window.
What are those environment variables? What OS are you working on?
~Jeff
