Diar, There is also a -d option that runs the perl debugger. This is an option that allows you to step through the running program one line of code at a time and to things like print to the screen exactly what a variable contains a particular point. It is very robust but takes a bit to get familiar with because it has so many commands.
Matt Schneider Programmer/System Administrator SKLD Information Services, LLC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Perl-unix-users] debugging option Is there a more detailed debugging option to use on perl besides -w? I am currently using #!/bin/perl -w but it does not catch the error I am running into. Something equivalent to the -x option shell scripts use, would be really useful. The script is used for printing to an IBM printer. It determines the report type, size and then it prints to the printer. The script itself does not seem to contain any errors, because it works fine if I run it as user root, but the problem is when I run it as user lp, and is something I have no control of, since the third party software my company uses (vista plus,) requires lp to run it. When the script is run by user lp, it finishes right away, giving no error messages, but report is not printed, and if I do echo $?, it shows exit status 30. As a matter of fact the script seems to work fine only by user root, no other ID's, which leads me to believe it is a permissions issue, but where? I have nothing to work with. If I can look at what the script is doing step by step and determine at what point if any it gets stuck, then I may get somewhere. _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
