Thanks a lot for all anyone who replied, thanks I had been reading what you guys contribute and I think Net::Telnet will be a good way I might try that. I was trying to find the cpan site to download that module...but can't find that site, can anyone give me more information about that? thanks
Kelvin -----Original Message----- From: Thomas_M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: January 21, 2003 8:16 AM To: 'Poon, Kelvin (Infomart)'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [Perl-unix-users] Perl and UNix Poon, Kelvin wrote: > Ok, I need a perl script that opens/access a file on a Unix > system (RS6000/AIX to be specific). Well, you would think > this is a beginner problem, and yes it would be if I told you > ur perl script is on the unix system itself. BUt the problem > is my perl script has to be outside of that system. So which > means, my perl script is going to be placed on my PC and I > need that perl script to access the Unix machine and then > gets the files out from it. There are many ways to do it. Leave perl aside for a moment and ask yourself how you would get that file from the unix system now. Would you telnet into the box and 'cat' it? Would you connect with an FTP program and transfer it? Do you have the ability to set up the unix box as a Windows file server using Samba? If you can FTP, use Net::FTP. If you need to telnet, use Net::Telnet. If you can set it up as a Samba file server, you need not do anything special on the Windows side. > It is a text file I need to get and it is used in my CGI program. This adds a performance consideration. Can your CGI program run on the unix machine? That would be ideal. Otherwise, use caching. Make sure you don't unnecessarily transfer the file on each CGI request. You can do this a number of ways. Why not let the program that updates the file also transfer it to your web server? If that is not possible, perhaps you can write a cron job (aka Scheduled Task) that pushes the file to your web server every X minutes. If you are constrained to using perl on the Windows system only, you could set up a scheduled task that fetches the file every X minutes using one of the techniques above. If none of the above is possible, you can do the caching in your CGI program: use the local file if it is less than X minutes old, otherwise retransfer it. Hope this helps, - Mark. -- Mark Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet Systems Architect User Technology Associates, Inc. $_=q;KvtuyboopuifeyQQfeemyibdlfee;; y.e.s. ;y+B-x+A-w+s; ;y;y; ;;print;; _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
