Re^4: Perl script on windows node

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Re^5: Perl script on windows node by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 03, 2012 at 12:25 UTC
If you copy and paste this code as is and expect it to do what you want, it's not going to work. The variable `$file` needs to contain the path to a file for example: `my $file = "C:\\stat.pl";` [download] With the value provided as an example the script will always pass through to the "File is not recent" message. You should alter the code to check for existing files. I'll leave that as an exercise for you.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Perl script on windows node by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Apr 03, 2012 at 12:24 UTC
my $modified_within = 60 5; # 5 minutes* Did you copy this line to the letter & number? - maybe you should adjust it to your needs. Cheers, Sören	[reply]
Re^5: Perl script on windows node by stevieb (Canon) on Apr 03, 2012 at 12:26 UTC
Well, if you're sure your looking at the right file, and that $modified_within is set to 60*2 or less, it may be a quirk on Windows. The code works here for me on my Ubuntu and FreeBSD machines. I don't run Perl on Windows, so hopefully someone else here can give the code a test, or perhaps spot something they may know doesn't work properly on the Win platform.	[reply]