in reply to DB_File problem

I get the error type parameter is not a reference, because $DB_TREE should be $DB_BTREE.

This should be visible via STDERR. You should find this messages in the log of your syslog, probably /var/log/messages (or /logs/stderr in your case, provided /logs exists and is writeable)

And no, neither perl nor DB_File will prepend underscores to a file name by themselves.

--shmem 

_($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo.  G°\        /
                              /\_¯/(q    /
----------------------------  \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."·
");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}

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Re^2: DB_File problem
by Woulfe (Initiate) on Jul 07, 2006 at 16:09 UTC

    My mistake. The DB_TREE bit was a typo. In trying to make the sample case boil down to the simplest version, I goofed on cut and paste. I have $DB_BTREE after all.

    I am trying to reproduce the "__foo.db" bit but so far I am not able. This is the reason I asked here. If I was able to reproduce it and just remove the "__" file, I would be okay with that.

    The logs files do exist and other information is being placed in them.

    Thanks anyway.

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      So, typo fixed in your posted script, it fails in the way described? Mind to post what's in the logs (if relevant to the problem)?
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