On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 01:43:13PM -0500, Carlton Lo wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm new to perl, I'm trying to write a pl script that would open a gzipped txt
> file. Is there any functions where I can call for this. I've tried the followings:
>
> method #1 open(IN, "gunzip -c data.gz") || die "cannot open input data file";
open(IN, "gunzip -c data.gz |")
Note the vertical bar. Make sure 'gunzip' in in your path, make
sure you have read permission for 'data.gz', and so forth.
> they both failed! any ideas
> thanks
> Carlton Lo
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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