in reply to I can't find anything

This really is the problem that Perl Cookbook was meant to solve. I think most of the info you need is in the Directories chapter.

When you know what you need to do (e.g. "I want to find all the files in a directory that are a day old"), you can ask for help in places like this. No one will be upset with newbie questions as long as your question is phrased as "where should I look for this in the docs?" rather than "please code this for me."

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Re: Re: I can't find anything
by ellem (Hermit) on Nov 06, 2003 at 20:25 UTC
    Yeah I know, I've been here a while. This place is amazing (as opposed the scary flame-fest comp.lang.perl.misc (or Godzilla/Purl Gurl/Kira & Frank Town)). This more of a rant than a question. I've done a lot of cool stuff with Perl (log reading, a lot of log reading) but I get stumped now and again. I just don't use it often enough. I should just take 20 minutes a day a code something, anything, you know until my abs are rock solid ;)
    --
    ellem@optonline.net
    There's more than one way to do it, but only some of them actually work.
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      And when you get stumped, sometimes all you need to do is mutter into the chatterbox "How do I get the last modify date/time for a file?" and you'll get a clue or two...     (but write down the clues in a notes files like someone suggested - I do)
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      If PPM doesn't work, you can try this:

      download the module's distibution from CPAN and unzip it in to a temp directory.

      Copy any .pm files (and any subdirectories with .pm files) to the appropriate location under c:\perl\site\lib. e.g. the File::Backup distribution contains a file called Backup.pm which you can copy to c:\perl\site\lib\File\Backup.pm

      Limitations: If the module depends on other modules, you will have to repeat the process for them. You'll have to build the HTML docs yourself - otherwise just use the docs on the web. Finally, this will only work for pure Perl modules.

      I've had to resort to this many times - Parrot/Perl6 where art thou!
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        Please don't do that. I highly suggest you learn how to install modules properly , it's not that hard, but it is worth doing right (i'd say crucial).

        Tutorials -> A Guide to Installing Modules

        MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
        I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
        ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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