At 16:45 +0200 6/13/2001, Bart Lateur wrote:
>And "." doesn't exist on the Mac, I would think. It's not special, if it
>does.
A leading . on a file name was *once* special on Mac: it meant (except
when misused) "I am a driver". [The system had a tendency to try to
execute such files as drivers
Yes, I see your point. Even though my solution was not perfect, it got that one
job done. I'm learning!
--- Bart Lateur wrote:
On 13 Jun 2001 10:47:50 EDT, Katherine Richmond wrote:
>I'm missing the newline? I took care of that with chomp. And I looked at the
>filenames that were in my directo
On 13 Jun 2001 10:47:50 EDT, Katherine Richmond wrote:
>I'm missing the newline? I took care of that with chomp. And I looked at the
>filenames that were in my directory, and there was a . file.
But "Icon", without the newline, is not a reserved name. You can create
a file or folder with that n
I'm missing the newline? I took care of that with chomp. And I looked at the
filenames that were in my directory, and there was a . file.
--- Bart Lateur wrote:
On 13 Jun 2001 07:49:08 EDT, Katherine Richmond wrote:
> if ( ($fileName ne "Icon") && ($fileName ne ".")) {
That ain't right
On 13 Jun 2001 07:49:08 EDT, Katherine Richmond wrote:
> if ( ($fileName ne "Icon") && ($fileName ne ".")) {
That ain't right. You're missing the newline in the filename! Since
you're responding to Thomas, I find that surprising, since it was a
large, important part in his post.
And "."
I always insert this in any Perl script that works with directories:
$fil = @dir[$i];
if ($fil =~ /^Icon/)
(Where @dir is set from a READDIR instruction)
>actually, "Icon\015" (octal, I prefer this) or "Icon\x0D"
>(hexadecimal) -- but not "Icon\0x0D", that's wrong in Perl -- is a
>plai
Hi Thomas,
I did some reading and learned about the file tests. Thank you very much for the
information about the Mac file system. Since I know that my files will always be
in a certain folder on my disk, I think I am safe with this code:
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my $parseDir = "Kata
At 14:47 Uhr -0500 12.06.2001, Randy Boring wrote:
>>I figured out my errors with the file list. One of the problems is that
>>there is
>>an invisible MPW icon the the directory. What is that? The file name is Icon.
>>Another problem is that I needed to chomp the fileName before using it. Why
>>w
>I figured out my errors with the file list. One of the problems is that
>there is
>an invisible MPW icon the the directory. What is that? The file name is Icon.
>Another problem is that I needed to chomp the fileName before using it. Why
>would I have to do that?
Kathy,
Wiser Perlers than myse
I figured out my errors with the file list. One of the problems is that there is
an invisible MPW icon the the directory. What is that? The file name is Icon.
Another problem is that I needed to chomp the fileName before using it. Why
would I have to do that?
Thanks,
Kathy
Here is the code I am
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