Re^2: parse_dir doesn't seem to work

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Re^3: parse_dir doesn't seem to work by Cubes (Pilgrim) on Jan 03, 2008 at 17:49 UTC
I get the correct list returned (using 5.8.5) from parse_dir. Perhaps there's something it doesn't like about your brand of ls -l? Looks like there's a parameter to parse_dir to make it speak up on unparseable lines... does that help?	[reply]
Re^4: parse_dir doesn't seem to work by nysus (Parson) on Jan 03, 2008 at 18:17 UTC
Yeah, that's it. Getting "Can't parse" errors. Weird. Here's a typical line: `Can't parse: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15264 2008- +01-03 12:46 out` [download] Thanks, man. $PM = "Perl Monk's"; $MCF = "Most Clueless ~~Friar~~ ~~Abbot~~ ~~Bishop~~ ~~Pontiff~~ Deacon"; $nysus = $PM . $MCF; Click here if you love Perl Monks	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: parse_dir doesn't seem to work by randyk (Parson) on Jan 03, 2008 at 18:42 UTC
On my linux box, I can get such a listing via `ls -l --time-style=long-iso`, which in particular produces the `2008-01-03` date formatting. Do you have an alias for `ls` that includes a `--time-style` option?	[reply]
Re^5: parse_dir doesn't seem to work by Cubes (Pilgrim) on Jan 03, 2008 at 18:25 UTC
That date format looks odd... Without digging into the File::Listing code, I'd guess that's where it's choking.	[reply]
Re^4: parse_dir doesn't seem to work by nysus (Parson) on Jan 04, 2008 at 02:13 UTC
Here's what worked for me: $listing = `ls -l --time-style=locale`; [download] Thanks to everyone who chipped in to help me. I'm grateful. $PM = "Perl Monk's"; $MCF = "Most Clueless ~~Friar~~ ~~Abbot~~ ~~Bishop~~ ~~Pontiff~~ Deacon"; $nysus = $PM . $MCF; Click here if you love Perl Monks	[reply] [d/l]