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charneus
Wizard
Joined: 19 Jun 2005
Posts: 1876
Location: California
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 Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:12 pm
[2.18] Scripting Language PerlScript not supported?
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Maybe it's the script, but I don't know. I have ActivePerl installed on this computer, and CMUD recognizes it (how else would it provide the PerlScript option in the dropdown menu?), but whenever I try to run the following script, it returns:
"Scripting Language PerlScript not supported"
Either that's misleading, or CMUD doesn't support Perl anymore. Not sure which is which. This is the script I'm running (which works fine if I run it from the Windows Command Line):
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#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use warnings;
use WWW::Mechanize;
my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
my $url = "http://www.topmudsites.com/cgi-bin/topmuds/rankem.cgi?id=Sirene";
$mech->get( $url );
$mech->follow_link( n => 1 );
print "Voted!"; |
I place all that in an alias, and it doesn't work. Perhaps someone can give me some pointers on how to make it work if it's something I'm doing wrong. :P
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Larkin
Wizard
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
Posts: 1113
Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:11 pm
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I'm pretty sure you don't want #!/usr/local/bin/perl because that's only used to auto-load the interpreter when you run the script directly (on a *NIX system).
I'd recommend you start with the simple "Hello, World!" script first, and if that won't execute, then you know something's up.
Side note: if the Mechanize module doesn't handle cookies automatically, your auto-voter probably won't be counted among the votes. Whyte's voter apparently doesn't track properly for a similar reason. |
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Dharkael
Enchanter
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
Posts: 593
Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:54 pm
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The script ran fine for me Charneus I'm using ActiveState 5.8.8 I downloaded and installed the Mechanize module.
added your script as a function changing only the print "Voted!" to return "Voted!"
And echoed the function, everything worked out. |
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charneus
Wizard
Joined: 19 Jun 2005
Posts: 1876
Location: California
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:03 pm
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Then I don't know what's going on in my system. I can't even get a simple "print "Hello world!";" to work. I know I have Perl installed. And it's the lastest version of ActiveState. And I know the scripts work otherwise. But after uninstalling and reinstalling CMUD, I still can't get it to work. It still returns the same error: Scripting language PerlScript not supported.
Then I'll try to run it again (just for kicks) and nothing happens. No error message, no success message, nothing.
And whether I close CMUD after running it a second time or just after the first time, it comes up with a "COM servers still active" question. I click "Yes" to go ahead and shut it down, then it returns "Invalid pointer" CMUD error. So I sent the bug report, but I'm just utterly confused why it's not working on my system. Surely it's not because of my OS being WindowsXP...
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Fang Xianfu
GURU
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5155
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:24 pm
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Bear in mind that "print "Hello World";" won't actually do anything even if PerlScript is working, since print isn't linked to the MUD output screen like it has been with Lua.
Have you tried reinstalling PerlScript? It seems more likely that that's the source of the error. |
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charneus
Wizard
Joined: 19 Jun 2005
Posts: 1876
Location: California
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:09 pm
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I'll try reinstalling ActivePerl again. It was just reinstalled last night, too. And while "print "Hello World";" won't actually do anything, it still gives the error message. Let me try one more time with installing it.
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