Select a file from the directories!

thanawala27

Hi,


I want to perform a certain set of operations on a text file which is available on my computer.
I wanted to know how to select a file from these directories on my computer.


Any help is appreciated.


Thank you,


Ravi

Jun 3 '08 #1

numberwhun

Hi,


I want to perform a certain set of operations on a text file which is available on my computer.
I wanted to know how to select a file from these directories on my computer.


Any help is appreciated.


Thank you,


Ravi

What have you tried thus far to select the file? What OS are you working on?

Regards,

Jeff

Jun 3 '08 #2

KevinADC

Hi,


I want to perform a certain set of operations on a text file which is available on my computer.
I wanted to know how to select a file from these directories on my computer.


Any help is appreciated.


Thank you,


Ravi

Jun 3 '08 #3

thanawala27

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1. open(FH, 'path/to/file.txt') or die "$!";
2. while(<FH>) {
3.    perform a certain set of operations
4. }
5. close FH;

Hi,


I tried the following thing :


the value of file name is "H:\cgi\cgi\cgi\Klocwork\clearquest.txt".
this doesnt open the file. and Displays :

Software error:
Can't open the File No such file or directory


This happens, when i open the file irrespective of the directory where the source code is stored or not.

Can anyone tell why this problem is occuring?


Thank You,


Ravi

Jun 11 '08 #4

KevinADC

even if you are on windows, try using forward slashes in the directory path:

if you still get a software error I don't know what the problem could be.

Jun 12 '08 #5

thanawala27

No, It still doenst work.



Thanks,


Ravi

Jun 16 '08 #6

thanawala27

Hi,


Well, i realized y the file was not opening...
actually, my perl script runs on the server side. and the path im giving, is mapped to a network drive.
So, The H:/ drive is actually a network drive, and not on my Local hard disk.

This mapping Perl script doesnt recognize and hence it can't open this file.


I have looked for an option. Save the file in my soruce code directory, and open tat file just by th efile name instead of giving the whole the path.


Is there any alternative to do the similar function of opening a txt file on the local database and doing some operation on tat txt file using the perl scipt which is run on a distant server.


Any help is appreciated.


Thanks,


Ravi

Jun 16 '08 #7