Re: file.db VS filedb

MK wrote:
when i "use DB_File" the files produced lack a dot in their title, eg.

dbmopen %email, email.db, 0666;

manipulates a file who's directory entry is actually emaildb

Please enable strictures and warnings!!

$ cat test.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use DB_File;
dbmopen my %email, email.db, 0666;

$ ./test.pl
Bareword "email" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at ./test.pl line 5.
Bareword "db" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at ./test.pl line 5.
Execution of ./test.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
$

MORE IMPORTANTLY, perl will not access a database outside of the same directory as the script -- it pulls a blank hash. without being able to include any functional path in the filenames, i can't even call the script with a soft link...i have to use a shell script to cd first

that is ridiculous and i presume a bug that may have been fixed somewhere?

Talking about a "bug", based on that reasoning, _that_ is ridiculous.

Of course Perl will access a database in some other directory, if you state the correct path to that directory.

dbmopen my %email, '/path/to/email.db', 0644
or die $!;

As a side note, there is a chdir() function in Perl.

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