[HRPM] Is dbmopen different in Perl 5.6.0?

[Mark D Wolinski]

While I'm not sure if it's related, I tested upgrading to 5.6 with my system
and found it did not like the DB_File I was using, croaked left and right
over my database called (using Tie).

So...

Mark W


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-norfolk-pm-list at pm.org
> [mailto:owner-norfolk-pm-list at pm.org]On Behalf Of Mike Patten
> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 6:15 PM
> To: HRPM
> Subject: [HRPM] Is dbmopen different in Perl 5.6.0?
>
>
> I thought I'd try the 'ggh' program from (chapter 14 of) the
> _Perl_Cookbook_ because it looked interesting but I ran into a problem.
>
> These lines:
> 44. $dotdir  = $ENV{HOME}    || $ENV{LOGNAME};
> 45. $HISTORY = $opt_database || "$dotdir/.netscape/history.db";
> 46.
> 47. die "no netscape history dbase in $HISTORY: $!" unless -e $HISTORY;
> 48. die "can't dbmopen $HISTORY: $!" unless dbmopen %hist_db, $HISTORY,\
> 0666;
>
> generate this error:
>  can't dbmopen /home/mpatten/.netscape/history.db: File exists at
>  /home/mpatten/bin/ggh line 48.
>
> It should be able to open an existing file, shouldn't it?  (Do I need to
> learn to use the 'tie' function to do this stuff?)  I recently upgraded
> from 5.005 to 5.6.0, is dbmopen different?  I don't know; I haven't used
> the function before but I followed the book exactly.
>
> --
> Mike Patten <mpatten at exis.net>
>
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