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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Issue with use of Configuration file instead of hardcoded values inside the script Post 302543003 by irudayaraj on Friday 29th of July 2011 07:36:10 AM
Old 07-29-2011
Issue with use of Configuration file instead of hardcoded values inside the script
Hi,

My code works perfectly fine.
But,
Code:
$my $min_to_add = 1 * 1 * 60;

and
Code:
my $hr_to_sub = 1 * 1 * 86400;

i may need to change the values in future. so am keeping them in a separate configuration file like

Code:
MIN = 1 * 1 * 60 
HR = 24 * 60 * 60

in the script, i use a package use et_config and Et_Config_Init()
I call them inside the script like
Code:
my $min_to_add = Et_Config_Value("MIN");
my $hr_to_sub = Et_Config_Value("HR");

The issue here is, when i use those values directly in the script, it takes the multiplied value as 1 * 1 * 60 =60 but when i get them from the configuration file, it remains as 1 * 1 * 60 only as such , so i am not getting the result expected.

Is there any function that can do this?
The configuration file is mandatory. How can this be achieved?

Code:

Code:
my $date_var = "Jun 6 2011 8:02AM";
if ($date_var != '')
{
my $min_to_add = 1 * 1 * 60;
my $from_dt = qx/
date -d "$date_var" +%s
/ + $min_to_add;
my $min_var = strftime( '%B %d %Y %I:%M%p', localtime $from_dt );
print("\n the mins added is $min_var\n");

my $hr_to_add = 1 * 60 * 60;
my $to_dt = qx/
date -d "$min_var" +%s
/ + $hr_to_add;
my $hr_var = strftime( '%B %d %Y %I:%M%p', localtime $to_dt );
print("\n the hours added is $hr_var\n");
}
else
{
use POSIX qw(strftime);
my $to_dt = strftime "%b %d %Y %H:%M%p", localtime;
print("\n The original time is $to_dt\n");
my $hr_to_sub = 1 * 1 * 86400;
my $from_dt
= qx/
date -d "$to_dt" +%s
/ - $hr_to_sub;
my $to_dt_now = strftime( '%B %d %Y %H:%M%p', localtime $from_dt );
print("\n the to date now is $to_dt_now \n");
}

Last edited by pludi; 07-29-2011 at 08:48 AM..
 

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ppmtosixel(1)						      General Commands Manual						     ppmtosixel(1)

NAME

       ppmtosixel - convert a portable pixmap into DEC sixel format

SYNOPSIS

       ppmtosixel [-raw] [-margin] [ppmfile]

DESCRIPTION

       Reads  a  portable  pixmap  as input.  Produces sixel commands (SIX) as output.	The output is formatted for color printing, e.g. for a DEC
       LJ250 color inkjet printer.

       If RGB values from the PPM file do not have maxval=100, the RGB values are rescaled.  A printer control header and a color assignment table
       begin the SIX file.  Image data is written in a compressed format by default.  A printer control footer ends the image file.

OPTIONS

       -raw   If  specified,  each  pixel  will  be explicitly described in the image file.  If -raw is not specified, output will default to com-
	      pressed format in which identical adjacent pixels are replaced by "repeat pixel" commands.  A raw file is often an order	of  magni-
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       -margin
	      If  -margin  is not specified, the image will be start at the left margin (of the window, paper, or whatever).  If -margin is speci-
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PRINTING

       Generally, sixel files must reach the printer unfiltered.  Use the lpr -x option or cat filename > /dev/tty0?.

BUGS

       Upon rescaling, truncation of the least significant bits of RGB values may result in poor color conversion.  If the original PPM maxval was
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SEE ALSO

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AUTHOR

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