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There are some functions in a C library that I would like to use and
I was wondering if it is possible to do so from perl.
I started reading the perlxstut and this seems like the way forward
but I was hoping someone could confirm it for me before I throw

*My Code:*
my $logfile = "logfile_with_content";
if (-w $logfile) {
   print ("True - file exists but empty");

Dear Folks,
Hear is some interesting task. Please help me out with your ideas.
I need to control a perl program from another perl program.
Detailed description (example)

Hi,lists,
I have a file looking as below:
<sxwt@163.com>                     145K179B  璧勬枡搴?
<chchc@126.com>                    171K122B  鍗曡瘝

HI,Lists,
Sorry, this time I can't login into my primary mailbox of 30gigs.So I
change another email for this question.
When I get something from input such as:

         I have a requirement where in i have to read a file and then store
the line by line items into a scalar variable. And then ihave ti match the
same. i am providing you a sample code. Just help how can i match a string
where in i should pass a scalar variable value.

I have tried to find out the time a perl program runs, and I have used:
#at the start of the program:
my $begin = (times)[0];
my $begin_t = time();

I'd like to know if there is module for following:
We have text:
=== IN ===
This is just small sentence about nothing.

Hey all,
I've been reading this list for a while, and I've been trying to  
learn perl on my own for quite some time.  However, my job doesn't  
really (from my vantage point at least) "allow" me to do any sort of  

How to get file's creation time,NOT last modify time?Thanks.

No, $log_entry[0] holds a string, and we are getting the error as ** is a
part of that string.
Bedanta
-----Original Message-----

hi,list,
I have a file looking as below:
356.5
192.168.2.20

Hi, I am totally NOOB in Perl and here is my first problem, which I
couldn't solve...
I have column data in file xy.txt, which looks like:
AAAAA

I've been trying to figure out how to use File::stat to check file  
modes but
haven't had much luck understanding how it works from the  
documentation.  My

I have to write several perl scripts with a number of modules included.
Therefore, I have to type many "use" statements at the top of each script. Is
there a way to dump all these "use" statements in a different file and then just
include that file everytime I have to include these ...