Re^3: backtick operator

Hmm, but it doesn't die when opening the .passwd file? That's weird, time to debug that get_db_login sub line by line right after the open statement. If for some reason you don't get anything from the file then your while loop would never get executed. Btw, you can use $ENV{USER} instead of `whoami`, one less system call :) I assume it is not dying from

die "$0: Could not find password for $dbUser" unless(defined($dbPass))
+;
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since the $dbPass will be defined as an empty string at that point, right?

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Re^4: backtick operator by Anonymous Monk on May 14, 2010 at 03:11 UTC
Found the problem - I needed to increment $\| to autoflush. I had a long running sql statement after the call to dbConnect that made it seem as if it was hanging. I added the following: `$\|++;` [download] after `#!/usr/bin/perl`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: backtick operator by Anonymous Monk on May 14, 2010 at 06:41 UTC
FWIW, always set $\| to the value you want, ie on `$\|=1;` or `$\|=0;` off, because `$\|++; $\|++;` turns it on, then turns it off.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: backtick operator by Hue-Bond (Priest) on May 14, 2010 at 06:54 UTC
`$\|++` doesn't toggle the value of the variable; `$\|--` does. Just checked it on 5.8 and 5.10. -- David Serrano (Please treat my english text just like Perl code, i.e. feel free to notify me of any syntax, grammar, style and/or spelling errors. Thank you!).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^7: backtick operator by JavaFan (Canon) on May 14, 2010 at 07:36 UTC
Re^7: backtick operator by Anonymous Monk on May 14, 2010 at 07:30 UTC


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