XMLin is not identifying the input file name passed to it

greatshots has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

monks,

I am executing very simple program to parse the XML file.

#!/usr/bin/perl

my $file = shift;
use XML::Simple;

die "Can't find file \"$file\"" unless -f $file;

$xml = new XML::Simple;

print "Input file :$file:\n";

# read XML file
$data = $xml->XMLin($file);


OUTPUT

perl parse_report_layerxml.pl layer.xml
Input file :layer.xml:
Could not find layer.xml in  at parse_report_layerxml.pl line 13
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though I have the file_name in the current directory, why I am getting that error ? any idea ?

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Re: XMLin is not identifying the input file name passed to it by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 08, 2006 at 07:17 UTC
The docs say If the filename contains no directory components XMLin() will look for the file in each directory in the SearchPath (see "OPTIONS" below) or in the current directory if the SearchPath option is not defined. The search path is initialized to something based on `$0`. In this case, it's incorrectly initialized to `['']`. Try `$data = $xml->XMLin($file, SearchPath => '.');` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: XMLin is not identifying the input file name passed to it by greatshots (Pilgrim) on Nov 08, 2006 at 07:58 UTC
thanks a lot for solving this Issue. added the working code here. `#!/usr/bin/perl my $file = shift; use XML::Simple; die "Can't find file \"$file\"" unless -f $file; $xml = new XML::Simple; print "Input file :$file:\n"; # read XML file $data = $xml->XMLin("/full_path_name/$file");` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: XMLin is not identifying the input file name passed to it by greatshots (Pilgrim) on Nov 08, 2006 at 07:23 UTC
got the following error `Code change : $data = $xml->XMLin($file,SearchPath => '.'); OUTPUT Input file :layer.xml: Unrecognised option: SearchPath at parse_report_layerxml.pl line 13` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: XMLin is not identifying the input file name passed to it by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 08, 2006 at 07:33 UTC
oops! I meant `$data = $xml->XMLin($file, SearchPath => ['.']);` [download] But that's not the error your getting. What version are you using? It might have been called `searchpath` in your version. `$data = $xml->XMLin($file, searchpath => ['.']);` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: XMLin is not identifying the input file name passed to it by Hofmator (Curate) on Nov 08, 2006 at 07:53 UTC
Re^4: XMLin is not identifying the input file name passed to it by greatshots (Pilgrim) on Nov 08, 2006 at 07:49 UTC


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