Re: File write/read problem

2003-09-25 Thread Hannes
On Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at 10:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that sounds like that could be the overarching problem. It would also explain (I thingk) why I can't change the permissions of any of those directories with an ftp client. So if I change the ownership of the cgi-bin

Re: [OT] OSX privileges question

2003-09-25 Thread Nicholas Thornton
--- Joel Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is one of the typical reasons people turn to DBMSs. PostGreSQL would likely be overkill, but MySQL or perhaps even Apple's own FM might help. (I'm pretty sure FM allows storing documents, but I've never done it myself.) I might look into it.

Re: File write/read problem

2003-09-25 Thread Paul Hoffman
On Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at 10:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, that makes perfect sense, but it is not working here. Here is a basic script which, when run, should create a new file called example.txt because it is not there when the open statement is used. #!/usr/bin/perl print

Re: File write/read problem

2003-09-25 Thread Ken Williams
On Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 12:33 AM, Greenhalgh David wrote: On Wednesday, Sep 24, 2003, at 20:05 Etc/GMT, Ken Williams wrote: Nope. When you open for reading (), it won't be auto-created. It will when you open for writing or appending ( or ). -Ken Not necessarily on every Mac. The

Re: File write/read problem

2003-09-25 Thread Mark Wheeler
In just checked the httpd.conf file and, yes, the user/group is set to www/www. So I need to change it to what? Mark - Original Message - From: Paul Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: John Delacour [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 5:23 AM Subject:

Re: File write/read problem

2003-09-25 Thread Greenhalgh David
On Thursday, Sep 25, 2003, at 14:25 Etc/GMT, Ken Williams wrote: On Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 12:33 AM, Greenhalgh David wrote: On Wednesday, Sep 24, 2003, at 20:05 Etc/GMT, Ken Williams wrote: Nope. When you open for reading (), it won't be auto-created. It will when you open for

Adding libraries to Perl on Mac OS X

2003-09-25 Thread Kevin Barry
I'm have trouble adding perl libraries to my OS X machine. I've installed the developer tools and the gcc updater from August but when running the command install bundle::CPAN I get make errors. Warning: prerequisite Test::more failed to load: Can't locate Test/More.pm in @INC An r command to

Re: File write/read problem

2003-09-25 Thread Paul Hoffman
Mark, Leave the permissions on httpd.conf as they are, in case you're tempted to change them. :-) After you've read this message, I suggest you read up on UNIX permissions -- maybe someone else can recommend a good source of information. The key is that your CGI script runs as user www and

Re: Adding libraries to Perl on Mac OS X

2003-09-25 Thread David Wheeler
On Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 09:10 AM, Kevin Barry wrote: I'm have trouble adding perl libraries to my OS X machine. I've installed the developer tools and the gcc updater from August but when running the command install bundle::CPAN I get make errors. Warning: prerequisite Test::more

re: psync trouble

2003-09-25 Thread Bill Metzinger
I'm getting close. psync doesn't seem to set file permissions. It sets directory permissions, sort of. I'm looking at the browser Camino. My source file /Camino.app/Contents/MacOS/Camino is set to 771. When psync copies it, the target /Camino.app/Contents/MacOS/Camino is set to 644. When I

Re: File write/read problem

2003-09-25 Thread Mark Wheeler
Well, I gave it a wirl and it works great. I love learning new things! Thanks so much for your help. Does anyone know of a good site for me to learn more about UNIX permissions? Thanks again, Mark - Original Message - From: Paul Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mark Wheeler [EMAIL

Re: Locale setting errors in Perl

2003-09-25 Thread Phil Dobbin
On 25/9/03 22:19, Kevin Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I gave up trying to add modules to perl 5.6.0 and upgraded rather painlessly to 5.8.0. Now I get the error below when running any perl scripts: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:

Re: Locale setting errors in Perl

2003-09-25 Thread Doug McNutt
At 17:19 -0400 9/25/03, Kevin Barry wrote: perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = en_US environment.plist lives in $HOME/.MacOSX/ (with a leading dot) It is read only at login time. And that means login to the OS neXt GUI and not login via

upgrading to 5.8.1

2003-09-25 Thread Ray Zimmerman
I suppose most of you know that perl-5.8.1 is now available ... http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/perl-5.8.1.tar.gz I already have 5.8.0 installed using ... ./Configure -de -Dprefix=/usr/local/perl-5.8.0 ... and have a LOT of CPAN extras installed there as well. Is there an easy way to get