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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Perl 3.0-18 open timeout?
Message-ID: <10488@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 20 Nov 90 21:55:24 GMT
References: <WALT.90Nov20090759@bcarh133.uucp>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <WALT.90Nov20090759@bcarh133.uucp> walt@bcarh133.uucp (Walt Sullivan) writes:
: I've modified the scan_password script ($Header: scan_passwd,v 3.0 89/10/18 15:15:43
:  lwall Locked $) that came with Perl to scan the Yellow Pages passwords, by changing
: the open statement to:
: 
: open(Pass,"ypcat passwd|") || die "Can't open passwd file: $!\n";
: 
: When I run it, the open fails. When I run it under the Perl debugger, it works!
: It feels like a timeout problem to me. Any suggestions?

I would guess you're running it under cron and your PATH is null.  The open
shouldn't care about timing.  Try saying /usr/bin/ypcat.

Larry