Mac Forum / Programming / Perl / April 2005

I'm using Perl 5.8.1 on Panther (the stock version) and it seems as
though not everything handles utf8 gracefully. (I haven't worked in
Perl for a while; not since MacPerl 5.0.3, I think it was) Regular
expressions seem to work, as does input and output, but some of the

I need to authenticate users in a perl CGI and was hoping to use the
Keychain but can't find a perl way to do that. Has anybody done that
before?

I've been thinking about installing Mac::Glue to do the following:
The script will open Internet Connect, dial a number (given by the
script). When a connection is established, a sound file will be played
5 X (or what ever number of repetitions). After the connection is lost

Dear Y'all -
I'm having a disquieting experience in which I can't remove write
permission (i.e. "bash$ chmod a-x filespec") on my firewire drive.
I've sudoed to no avail.

hello experts ,
i like to run a little perl app , but it said always "Permission denied"
marxg4:~ marxg4$ /Users/marxg4/Desktop/dbeacon -a marc@let -n let.de -b
ff1e::1:f00d:beac

I have an AppleScript Application which I wish to have launched
whenever a file named "*.xyz" is double-clicked.  I can do this
using the Finder's Get Info dialog (ie, "Open With...", then
"Other...", then "Change All..."), but I want to do this from an

Tiger is coming with a newer version of Perl (5.8.6 I believe). When I do an
upgrade does the installer wipe out everything I have already setup via
CPAN? Or can I just do arecompile...and keep running?
Robert

I hope someone can help with this...
I have a directory full of files that each contain some data saved with
a CGI.pm "save" routine like so...
    $Q->save(FILE);

Sherm,
Just a note to say thanks for Shux. It's been a great help for me in
having quick access to information about Perl and the modules I've
installed, as well as providing a convenient way of browsing--great for

I've created a collection of Perl scripts for a client who needs to install
Mac::Carbon on his workstation. However, during "install MacPerl" he is
apparently getting messages referring to missing files/modules, eventually getting...
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `. ...

I'm trying to run a perl program my friend has written via komodo on his
windows machine however it uses the tk module. Despite a few attempts I cant
seem to install this on module on my mac. Any ideas? Am I missing something?
Are there issues with Tk.pm on OSX?

More idle curiosity than a desperate need to know, but is it possible
to access the OS X clipboard with perl, and if so, how?
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Does anyone know what version of Perl is shipping with the "Tiger"
release? I tried finding something on the Apple site but could not.
Robert

I am at work or I would try this. Is there any problem with DBD::Pg on OSX?
I just picked up my first Perl gig (a part time job) and they will be using
Postgresql for the backend.
Robert

I need to re-install XML::LibXML after a harddisk failure, and I can't
remember how I did it the first time around. Here is how I tried it:
First, I installed the LibXML and LibXML2 libraries using Fink. Then, I
ran: