Re: cygwin

well the thing i am doing in cygwin that just dont work on activeperl is the following

my $pid=open(READ,"\\\\.\\c:");
while(<READ>){
do something...
}

I did try using the win32 api with activestate's. But I was just never able to read bit by bit the disc till I tried cygwin.

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Re: Re: cygwin by Joost (Canon) on Sep 20, 2002 at 10:49 UTC
`my $pid=open(READ,"\\\\.\\c:");` While i'm not sure what you are trying to do here, you seem to be opening a file named `\.\c:` and storing the status code of the open call in `$pid` If you are trying to read a directory named `C:/`, use something like: `opendir DIR,"C:/" or die "Cannot read from dir C:/ $!"; for (readdir(DIR)) { # do something... } closedir DIR;` [download] There are some differences in file (and directory) naming between cygwin perl and activestate perl on windows, but I think (though I cannot test it right now) that `C:/` should work for both. You might want to experiment with the filename and/or read the docs regarding that subject. If I misinterpreted your intentions, please explain what you are trying to achieve here. `-- Joost downtime n. The period during which a system is error-free and immune from user input.` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: Re: cygwin
by Joost (Canon) on Sep 20, 2002 at 10:49 UTC

my $pid=open(READ,"\\\\.\\c:");

While i'm not sure what you are trying to do here, you seem to be opening a file named \.\c: and storing the status code of the open call in $pid

If you are trying to read a directory named C:/, use something like:

opendir DIR,"C:/" or die "Cannot read from dir C:/ $!";
for (readdir(DIR)) {
  # do something...
}
closedir DIR;
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C:/

If I misinterpreted your intentions, please explain what you are trying to achieve here.

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Joost       downtime n. The period during which a system
            is error-free and immune from user input.
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