[ILUG] Syslog/Perl Q

[Niall O Broin]

On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 12:06:31PM +0100, John P . Looney wrote:

>  Anyone got any idea why a perl script would print out..
> 
> Usage: Sys::Syslog::_PATH_LOG() at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux/Sys/Syslog.pm line 277.

Because whenever you call _PATH_LOG (or something else does, given its
leading _ name, it's called wrongly, hence the usage message).

>  How do I even find what line in the script the problem occured on (Kate,
> with no real perl ability)...

Remove the 

use Sys::Syslog

line from the top of the script in question, run it and see where the
(different) error occurs.


Regards,


Niall