Perl Netowrk File Path Syntax

[networkwoes]

I am running perl on the d drive of an NT machine, and I have a text file that I want to open from a novell network drive that i have mapped as a G drive... could anyone tell me the correct syntax for this????

open( INITIALS , "G:\aa&t\Flat_Files\initials.txt" )

open( INITIALS , "\\jxnclisvr04\vol3\aa&t/Flat_Files/initials.txt" )

neither of these seem to work.

 

[MikeLacey]

try

open( INITIALS , "G:/aa&t/Flat_Files/initials.txt" ) Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
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[jeans]

1. Just use single quotes instead of double:

open( INITIALS , 'G:\aa&t\Flat_Files\initials.txt' )

open( INITIALS , '\\jxnclisvr04\vol\aa&t/Flat_Files/initials.txt' )

2. Always use die (or detect the error in some other way) after the open():

open(FH, $file) or die "Error reading $file - $!";


Jean Spector
QA Engineer @ mSAFE Ltd.

http://www.msafe.com

 

[networkwoes]

Problem solved......... problem turned out to be releated to DOS. DOS could not access the dir name of AA&T due to the &. Renamed the DIR to Automation and it works fine now.