How can i dynamically open a text file from a folder???

sanjay nayak has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: How can i dynamically open a text file from a folder??? by shmem (Chancellor) on Aug 31, 2006 at 09:38 UTC
Easiest way is, have someone do it for you ;-) Is the program you're running a perl program? Could you post some code, and tell us what you've tried? What do you mean by "open dynamically"? Do you want to see the result during the program run? Or after? Please see How do I post a question effectively?. --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}	[reply]
Re: How can i dynamically open a text file from a folder??? by marto (Cardinal) on Aug 31, 2006 at 09:35 UTC
sanjay nayak, What have you tried so far? You could look at the File::Tail module. Hope this helps Martin	[reply]
Re: How can i dynamically open a text file from a folder??? by GrandFather (Saint) on Aug 31, 2006 at 09:18 UTC
What OS? What tool do you want to open it with? You could use Tk to show the contents of the file. DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply]
Re: How can i dynamically open a text file from a folder??? by mantra2006 (Hermit) on Aug 31, 2006 at 15:46 UTC
Hello The way you posted the question is vague...I am sure you must have put some effort and since you have posted question here I assume you are doing it in perl.. Here is small code which does the file opening part `open(FILE, ">>" . $filetocreate) \|\| die "Cannot Create File";` [download] If you need more specific help please post your question with proper description and error messages you are getting I am sure all monks glad to help you Cheers!!! Thanks & Regards Sridhar	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How can i dynamically open a text file from a folder??? by cdarke (Prior) on Aug 31, 2006 at 16:24 UTC
As others have said, your question is difficult to understand. Win32::ChangeNotify might help for detecting if a file has been created/changed. The linux equivalent is Linux::Inotify,. You could have one of these running as a service/daemon. To get the command to open and view a file use Win32::FetchCommand, I do not know a Linux equivalent. All are on CPAN. If you are using a GUI on Linux then the issue is which viewers you have availible.	[reply]