Re: [cobalt-users] OT perl/linux on a raq4

[Step Firth <step@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/2/03 4:10, "Larry Smith" <lesmith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> INRE [cobalt-users] OT perl/linux on a raq4:
>> Hi.
>> 
>> I got a very specific query.
>> Its a linux/perl thing to be truthful, but the same command works on my
>> raq3's, and has only just stopped working on my only raq4.
>> 
>> Its an archive script, in perl, which calls the linux commands.
>> 
>> # The following three lines required to execute unix shell commands.
>> 
>>    $ENV{'PATH'} = '/bin:/usr/bin';    # or whatever you need
>>    $ENV{'SHELL'} = '/bin/sh' if $ENV{'SHELL'} ne '';
>>    $ENV{'IFS'} = '' if $ENV{'IFS'} ne '';
>> 
>>    chdir $dir or die "Cannot chdir: $!";
>> 
>>    @args = ("tar", "cf", "archive.tar", <*.html>);
>>    system(@args) == 0 or die "system @args failed: $?";
>> 
>> 
>> It crashes out on the <*.html> but never used to.
>> If I replace it with "specific_filename.html" then there is no problem, but
>> the wildcard it does not like.
>> 
>> I recently installed a couple of bits of software on here, quicktime
>> streamer, and webalizer, and since, the above comments don't work!
>> 
>> Anyone any ideas why that would have changed?
>> 
>> 
> 
> Step
> 
> Try "ls *.html | wc -l" and see how many files there are.  Sounds like you
> are crossing the bounds of how much the @args variable can hold.  EG too many
> filenames for the program to hold at one time.


Hi Larry.

Nope, not that. Took it right down to just 2 files. The scripts run on my
message boards, with 1000's of messages archive per go. The scripts run
across our servers on many sites, but only on one Raq4 server,three
different instances of the script, have JUST started internal server
erroring in this statement:

    @args = ("tar", "cf", "archive.tar", <*.html>);

It IS actually the setting of the args array that causes it, but as I said,
it errors with a tiny number (2) of .html files.

Its a weird one.

Step