On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Gerber, Christopher J wrote: > -----Original Message----- > > From: Carl Jolley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 2:59 PM > > To: Tobias Hoellrich > > > > On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Tobias Hoellrich wrote: > > > > > [I sent this yesterday afternoon, but it never appeared on the list - > wonder > > > why?] > > > > > > perl -MPOSIX -e '$o=6-(localtime())[6]; print strftime("%m/%d/%Y > > > %A\n",localtime(time+($o+$_)*24*60*60)) for(0..13); > > > > > > > Which of the Win32 OSes did you try this on? > > Carl, > > I was able to run the above using Cygwin, but then got this to work on > cmd.exe by making a few subtle changes (primarily the quoting...): > > perl -MPOSIX -e "$o=6-(localtime())[6];print strftime( > qq(%m/%d/%Y %A\n),localtime(time+($o+$_)*24*60*60)) > for(0..13);" >
The quoting was exactly my point. I don't know of any Win32 OS that suports use of single quotes to delimit command line parameters. OTOH, I don't claim to have perfect knowledge regarding all Win32 OSes or the varioius command line shells they support. **** [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Carl Jolley> **** All opinions are my own and not necessarily those of my employer **** > Chris > > > LEGAL NOTICE > Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be > privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this E-mail by > anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying > of the contents of this E-mail or any action taken (or not taken) in reliance on it > is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the > sender immediately. > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
