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From: David Chappell <David.Chappell@trincoll.edu> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 11:29:01 -0400 Subject: Re: PPR: PPOP.pm can't talk to ppop Ken Tindle wrote: > David, > > I'm sorry to have to bother you again, but I'm really stumped > this time, and have become rather dependent on PPR's Web > interface. I'm getting some heat to get it working again, > after my upgrade to 1.51 that broke it. > > I've learned quite a bit, but I'm at a dead end now. > > I uncommented the debug 'print "Launching..."' statement, and > it had the correct output. The $pid variable was given a > reasonable value by open2(). However, the $junk variable > is empty (length zero) after the 'my $junk = <$rdr>;' > statement. So the regular expression is NOT an issue. > > I have ruled out a pathing problem, and this problem persists > after setting all rights to the 'other' or 'world' permission > bits, too. > > ppop seems to launch, but the initial "*READY" string does NOT > wind up in $junk. Frankly, I don't know why. Does "ppop -M" produce the *READY string when you run it from the command line? ================================================================ David Chappell David.Chappell@Mail.Trincoll.Edu Computing Center Postmaster@Mail.Trincoll.Edu Trinity College (860) 297-2114 Hartford, Connecticut 06106 U.S.A.