Re: Problem with script from PC to laptop

The solution is simple: you have different versions of Perl installed on the two machines. You moved the script from the PC, which probably runs an old Perl version, which had a storable datafile which was moved to the laptop too.
The Perl version (actually Storable version) on the laptop can't read that datafile, because it was created with an incompatible Storable version.

When you install the Perl version you had on the PC on the laptop, you can read the file again on the laptop, and the script will most likely run.

update: Most important of this is that the version of the Storable module on both machines *must* be different

Jouke Visser, Perl 'Adept'
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Re: Re: Problem with script from PC to laptop by saintmike (Vicar) on Apr 13, 2004 at 18:12 UTC
If you need to migrate existing Storable data from one machine to another, use something like dumpsto (documentation here) to first transform the data into `Data::Dumper` format: `dumpsto storable-file >data.dump` [download] Then, transfer `data.dump` over to the new machine, and run `dumpsto` there: `dumpsto -u data.dump >storable-file` [download] After that, `storable-file` will have your data in a format readable by the new perl installation.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
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Re: Re: Problem with script from PC to laptop by stu96art (Scribe) on Apr 13, 2004 at 21:09 UTC
When I ran `perl -v` and `perl -V` I got the same results on both machines. I am still a little confused on what I need to do. I do really appreciate all of your help, but I am wondering whether I need to put that code into my script? or just from the command prompt? I apologize, but I am not at all familiar with any of this. What I believe that I did what possibly download one version of perl, initially on my laptop, then downloaded this current version, which is the same as my PC version. Thus I expected for Storable to be included the same as it was on my PC. I think that I am missing something. Could someone please explain this to me??	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Re: Problem with script from PC to laptop by Anonymous Monk on Apr 14, 2004 at 05:23 UTC
Your Storable install is fubared. The solution is to reinstall Storable.	[reply]


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