Perl script Problem with Linux

[Padiyath Sreekumaran]

  Hello,
   Iam not an expert in Perl programming. Iam wondering why
   Iam getting syntax error only with Linux OS. On SUN and Tru64
   it works without any changes. Is it NOT possible that this error
   comes from Perl setup or missing Perl routines on Linux? I made
   a debug of the Perl script and found that the program dies in a 
   Perl script subroutine. But I donot know why.Any help is appreciated.

   Thanks in advance.
   Regards,
   Kumar

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Golhar [mailto:golharam at umdnj.edu] 
Sent: Donnerstag, 25. November 2004 16:50
To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
Subject: RE: Perl script Problem with Linux

> Error in ./dnewsreport.103.conf line 9: must be 'section' instead of 
> '#'

It looks like the perl script is dying with an error in the
configuration file. Double-check the configuration file to make sure its
format is correct...

Ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ed Greshko
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 1:59 AM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: Perl script Problem with Linux


Padiyath Sreekumaran wrote:

>    I have a perl script which reads a configuration file. This  
>    Script works on SUN as well as Tru64 to certain extend. Since I
donot
>    have all the input files on SUN and Tru64 the script stops. The 
>    Problem on Linux is that it dies immediately in line 9 of the 
>    Configuration file. Iam using Perl version 5.8 and Redhat 9.0. The
>    problem is in the routine read_conf of the perl script. Iam not an
>    expert on Perl. Can any one help me? Am I missing any Perl modules 
> on
> 
>    Linux? Thanks for your help.
> 
>  
> 
>    Iam enclosing both files: script and config file

Seems as if the listserver strips out attachments....  Which is not a 
bad thing, IMHO.

>    # perl -v
> This is perl, v5.8.0 built for i386-linux-thread-multi
> 
> (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)
> 
>    # uname -a
> 
> Linux pc4289 2.4.20-28.9 #1 Thu Dec 18 13:45:22 EST 2003 i686 i686 
> i386 GNU/Linux
> 
>    I know that I should have send this problem to Perl FAQ. Since I
get
>    error with Linux I thought that I shall ask here. Sorry for that.
>  
>     Error I get on Linux:
>
>   # ./dnewsreport103.pl -f ./dnewsreport.103.conf
> 
> Error in ./dnewsreport.103.conf line 9: must be 'section' instead of 
> '#'

One common problem that presents itself in many ways is the setting of 
the LANG environment variable.  In later versions of RH it often 
defaults to:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

try changing that to

LANG=en_US

or whatever you are using minus the .UTF-8

This is just a stab in the dark.  YMMV.

Ed



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