Re: Filesys::Smbclient and DBD::XBase

The OP and I worked on this one on IRC... Our main problems were these:

$smbfilehandle isn't a "real" filehandle, it's a number that SmbClient uses to track its open files
XBase uses the value of the 'fh' parameter like an object, so we need an IO::Handle for this
Filesys::SmbClient doesn't provide a tied object like when using IO::Handle, so we must either use special read calls, or only builtins
It's possible to make a subclass for XBase that knows how to work with SmbClient, but that's quite a bit of work.

I think using mounted locations is the simplest solution, but in case any monk has an idea... it would be appreciated.

mhoward - at - hattmoward.org

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Re: Re: Filesys::Smbclient and DBD::XBase by lo_tech (Scribe) on Mar 30, 2004 at 23:27 UTC
Had something like this pop up last week trying to read a remote file-based 'database'. We ended up going the most expedient route by just bringing over the files ( < 100k, total). SMB w/XBase we left for a time when we had time. I know it's not a solution to your problem, but it does work (if a tad on the inelegant side). Well, that's my $.02 worth. No, for refunds you'll have to check our customer service department.	[reply]

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Re: Re: Filesys::Smbclient and DBD::XBase
by lo_tech (Scribe) on Mar 30, 2004 at 23:27 UTC

Had something like this pop up last week trying to read a remote file-based 'database'. We ended up going the most expedient route by just bringing over the files ( < 100k, total). SMB w/XBase we left for a time when we had time.

I know it's not a solution to your problem, but it does work (if a tad on the inelegant side).

Well, that's my $.02 worth. No, for refunds you'll have to check our customer service department.

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