perl: script isn't printing to a file

[n0cmonkey]

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. If it prints to screen I get the output correctly, but it won't print it to my file. Any help?

 

[n0cmonkey]

When the partition is full, files don't get written to...

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
When the partition is full, files don't get written to...

this would have been an important piece of information in the OP. :thumbsup:


16 minutes isn't bad for solving your own problem though...

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
When the partition is full, files don't get written to...

this would have been an important piece of information in the OP. :thumbsup:


16 minutes isn't bad for solving your own problem though...

16 minutes is waaaaay too long to notice a partition is full. I'll be taking measures to reduce that period of time as much as possible.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Apparently the partition issue wasn't the only one. It's still not working.

 

[n0cmonkey]

It works fine with a MUCH smaller data set. I'm so frickin' confused.

 

[nweaver]

my perl reference is at work

I think you need a special print statement to write it to a file? You reference above looks ok, but you need to fix the lower print statement?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: nweaver
my perl reference is at work

I think you need a special print statement to write it to a file? You reference above looks ok, but you need to fix the lower print statement?

No, it's right. It's working now. Probably always was.

IIRC, perl buffers writes. It looks like that buffer is larger when the dataset is larger. Previously, I had been working with much smaller data sets, and when I tested it with a smaller data set my immediate gratification sensor triggered properly.

I let my script run for a while, went for a quick walk, and there's data in the output file now. I've been beating myself up for nothing.

 

[nweaver]

just gotta say, I love perl (even in all it's oddities)

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: nweaver
just gotta say, I love perl (even in all it's oddities)

It cut down the amount of time this work required by DAYS. And it'd be a hell of a lot faster if I did things correctly the first time too!

 

[Nothinman]

Most example scripts I've seen set this variable so that screen updates make it out immediately.

From 'man perlvar'

 

[Red and black]

BTW: if you want die() to not include the line number, end the die message with a newline.