RE: [MacPerl] OpenSRS anyone??

[Bill Doucet]

HI Robin Thanks for the pointers.I am very new to Perl but I am learning fast. I understand that the message is coming up because of the use of the "strict" pragma (new word for me - I hope I am using it correctly :). There is a config file that is pointed to that should contina the path that the "PATH_LIB" variable uses. I have some concerns that the syntax to describe the pathways is not correct for the Mac. The cgi text files I am using came from OpenSRS at Tucows and were definitely written for Unix. If I defined the "PATH_LIB" within the actual cgi itself and it works, then I would know that the cgi is not able to see the config file. If you are willing I would love to send you the two files in question - they are only a few k. If you have a minute I will ask these questions as well - perhaps you or someone else in the group can enlighten me a bit more :) a) when I specify a pathway, should I use ":" or can I leave the unix "/" b) my cgi's sit in a folder with the following path Macintosh HD:*Network Software:webstar:cgi-bin:opensrs:cgi: and the config file sits in Macintosh HD:*Network Software:webstar:cgi-bin:opensrs:etc: When I reference the Library files at Macintosh HD:*Network Software:webstar:cgi-bin:opensrs:lib: do I need to reference all the way out to the root of the machine or just to the webstar root? Also, do I start with the ":" or just with Macintosh HD (or webstar)? (If I have these wrong nothing will work) c) I have saved the files as CGI's using MacPerl. Does MacPErl have anything else to do when serving out the cgi's or does webstar do all the work ( see what a neophyte I am :) Answers to these questions should keep me busy for a few hours. I have had a great support person from OpenSRS look at my files and he thinks they look fine. He is however a Unix weenie, not a Mac weenie so he may not understand the subtleties of the Mac OS. Thanks again for your reply and to anyone else who might be able to help. Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: April 17, 2001 7:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MacPerl] OpenSRS anyone?? "Bill Doucet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am new to the list, new to MacPerl and new to Perl (I can hear the >collective "Oh GREAT!" ) Actually compared to certain other perl lists (Ok news groups) which shall remain nameless, this one is pretty newbie friendly >.... I need a bit of info about an error message I am getting: > ># Global symbol "PATH_LIB" requires explicit package name. >File 'Macintosh HD:*NETWORK >SOFTWARE:webstar:cgi-bin:opensrs:cgi:reg_system.cgi'; Line 9 ># BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted. >File 'Macintosh HD:*NETWORK >SOFTWARE:webstar:cgi-bin:opensrs:cgi:reg_system.cgi'; Line 9 it's kind of hard to do diagnostics without having a look at the source code, but at a rough guess I'd say this error message is generated by the 'strict' pragma (use strict;) because you're trying to set a variable called $PATH_LIB on (or just before) line 9 without having using a 'my()' declaration as in - my ($PATH_LIB)='path:to:somewhere'; the other two lines are thrown up because of the first error. solution : change the variable declaration to proceed hth Robin