Re^2: Get the name of the calling script in a module function

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Re^3: Get the name of the calling script in a module function by chester (Hermit) on Oct 05, 2005 at 14:16 UTC
Not knowing the names of Perl's cryptic $punctuation variables does not a bad programmer make. Better to know how and where to look on the (many) occassions you find you don't know something. perldoc, [id://Super Search], Google are usually good bets.	[reply]
Re^4: Get the name of the calling script in a module function by SkipHuffman (Monk) on Oct 05, 2005 at 14:58 UTC
Thanks for your kindness. I did search first, it was just a matter of not knowing what to search for. Do you know of a cheatsheet of all the those cryptic variables? Skip	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Get the name of the calling script in a module function by chester (Hermit) on Oct 05, 2005 at 15:08 UTC
`perldoc perl` will show you a table of contents for all of perldoc. (See here: perl) perlvar has the variable names for example. perlfunc has all the functions. You can view a specific function if you already know its name by `perldoc -f functionname`. etc. etc. perldoc itself is a bit cryptic at first, but it's not too hard to figure out.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Get the name of the calling script in a module function by SkipHuffman (Monk) on Oct 05, 2005 at 16:39 UTC
Re^5: Get the name of the calling script in a module function by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Oct 05, 2005 at 15:08 UTC
Do you know of a cheatsheet of all the those cryptic variables? Yep, perlvar. If you have perl installed on your machine, you should be able to just type `perldoc perlvar` at a command line prompt. Do not rebuke them with harsh words ... but rather lead them gently - with URLs - so that they may learn wisdom.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Get the name of the calling script in a module function by SkipHuffman (Monk) on Oct 05, 2005 at 16:40 UTC