Re: "PAR'ing" XML configs?

You need to use the -a option to pp.

     -a, --addfile=FILE|DIR
         Add an extra file into the package.  If the file is a
         directory, recursively add all files inside that
         directory, with links turned into actual files.

         By default, files are placed under "/" inside the
         package with their original names.  You may override
         this by appending the target filename after a ";", like
         this:

             % pp -a "old_filename.txt;new_filename.txt"
             % pp -a "old_dirname;new_dirname"

         You may specify "-a" multiple times.

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Re^2: "PAR'ing" XML configs? by davidrw (Prior) on Aug 08, 2005 at 15:45 UTC
Yes, but what OP needs is a way then, from the perl script, to know where the included file is in order to read it. This part of the FAQ led me to look at `$ENV{PAR_TEMP}` and see what the directory structure was and where the added test.txt was placed. `# pp -o a.exe -a test.txt test.pl #test.pl: open FILE, $ENV{PAR_TEMP} . "/inc/" . "test.txt"; while(<FILE>){ print; } close FILE;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: "PAR'ing" XML configs? by guice (Scribe) on Aug 08, 2005 at 16:13 UTC
That's it. Thanks! Everything is extraced under the $ENV{PAR_TEMP}/inc/. I was able to successfully create a test script using the following: test.xml `<opt date="test> <test>This is a test</test> <company id="test" /> </opt>` [download] test.pl `#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use XML::Simple; use Data::Dumper; my $xml = new XML::Simple; my $ret = $xml->($ENV{'PAR_TEMP'} . "/inc/test.xml"); print Dumper($ret);` [download] Compiled with: pp -o test.exe -a test.xml test.pl Moved the PAR package to another directory and ran it. It ran successfully. I guess for testing, one can check to see if PAR_TEMP is set. If it's not, assume a command line run else assume PAR run, since the PATH to your file will definatly be different based on a PAR or command line run. -- philip `We put the 'K' in kwality!`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: "PAR'ing" XML configs? by guice (Scribe) on Aug 08, 2005 at 15:44 UTC
Nice! Then do I access the file like I normally would: $xml=XMLin("config.xml")? Or do I access it via "/config.xml"? Thanks again though, this is one step I needed, which I actually forgot about. The problem I was facing was referencing the file... -- philip `We put the 'K' in kwality!`	[reply]