You're being tripped up timing as use happens at compile-time, but everything else in your script (including the logic to determine the OS) happens afterwards during run-time.

To get around this, you can change the uses to a require/import combo ...

if ( $^O eq "MSWin32" ) {

  require Win32::EventLog;
  $eventlog = Win32::EventLog->new( "myscript" );

} else {

  require Sys::Syslog;
  import  Sys::Syslog qw/ :DEFAULT setlogsock /;

  setlogsock( 'unix' );
  openlog( 'myscript', 'pid', 'INFO' );

}

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On a side note, there's not much point in importing methods from an OO-based module like Win32::EventLog; $obj->foo should do the right thing if it's a valid method.

Similarly, it's silly to import from non-OO modules if you're just going to call those functions explicity ( Sys::Syslog::openlog() vs openlog()).

    --k.


In reply to Re: Coding for two platforms in one Script by Kanji
in thread Coding for two platforms in one Script by BoredByPolitics

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