File type compatibility issue with Perl

[\Dandy\ Randy]

Hey everyone, perhaps someone could shed some light on this issue. I'm
writing a script that maintains an addressbook online with a Perl flatfile
database. The script was working fine until I renamed the database files
from ".txt". to ".db" All entries in the database are on separate lines.
When the database had a ".txt" extension, and I viewed the data, all data
appeared on separate lines as constructed.

Name 1
Name 2
Name 3

When I renamed the extensions to ".db", the data appears on a single line.

Name 1Name 2Name 3

Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I would like to retain the .db
extensions if at all possible. TIA!

R

[Tina Mueller]

"\"Dandy\" Randy" wrote:

> Hey everyone, perhaps someone could shed some light on this issue. I'm
> writing a script that maintains an addressbook online with a Perl flatfile
> database. The script was working fine until I renamed the database files
> from ".txt". to ".db" All entries in the database are on separate lines.
> When the database had a ".txt" extension, and I viewed the data, all data
> appeared on separate lines as constructed.

> Name 1
> Name 2
> Name 3

> When I renamed the extensions to ".db", the data appears on a single line.

> Name 1Name 2Name 3

maybe i'm missing something. what do you mean by "appears".
viewing it in an editor or printing it?
the following works for me:
02:48am tina@lux:tests 498> cat test.txt
Name 1
Name 2
Name 3
02:49am tina@lux:tests 499> mv test.txt test.db
02:49am tina@lux:tests 500> cat test.db
Name 1
Name 2
Name 3
02:49am tina@lux:tests 501>

maybe you should as well show some relevant lines of the
script...

hth, tina
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[\Dandy\ Randy]

The data appears on the same line when I view the data in notepad.

> maybe i'm missing something. what do you mean by "appears".
> viewing it in an editor or printing it?
> the following works for me:
> 02:48am tina@lux:tests 498> cat test.txt
> Name 1
> Name 2
> Name 3
> 02:49am tina@lux:tests 499> mv test.txt test.db
> 02:49am tina@lux:tests 500> cat test.db
> Name 1
> Name 2
> Name 3
> 02:49am tina@lux:tests 501>
>
> maybe you should as well show some relevant lines of the
> script...
>
> hth, tina
> --
> [url]http://www.tinita.de/[/url] \ enter__| |__the___ _ _ ___
> [url]http://Movies.tinita.de/[/url] \ / _` / _ \/ _ \ '_(_-< of
> [url]http://www.perlquotes.de/[/url] \ \ _,_\ __/\ __/_| /__/ perception
> - my mail address expires end of august 2003 -

[Michael Budash]

In article <0G_Ua.567622$Vi5.14131529@news1.calgary.shaw.ca >,
"\"Dandy\" Randy" <ducott@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > maybe i'm missing something. what do you mean by "appears".
> > viewing it in an editor or printing it?
> > the following works for me:
> > 02:48am tina@lux:tests 498> cat test.txt
> > Name 1
> > Name 2
> > Name 3
> > 02:49am tina@lux:tests 499> mv test.txt test.db
> > 02:49am tina@lux:tests 500> cat test.db
> > Name 1
> > Name 2
> > Name 3
> > 02:49am tina@lux:tests 501>
> >
> > maybe you should as well show some relevant lines of the
> > script...

>
> The data appears on the same line when I view the data in notepad.

one more case of a micro$oft product trying to think for us...

--
Michael Budash

[Garry Short]

"Dandy" Randy wrote:

> Hey everyone, perhaps someone could shed some light on this issue. I'm
> writing a script that maintains an addressbook online with a Perl flatfile
> database. The script was working fine until I renamed the database files
> from ".txt". to ".db" All entries in the database are on separate lines.
> When the database had a ".txt" extension, and I viewed the data, all data
> appeared on separate lines as constructed.
>
> Name 1
> Name 2
> Name 3
>
> When I renamed the extensions to ".db", the data appears on a single line.
>
> Name 1Name 2Name 3
>
> Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I would like to retain the .db
> extensions if at all possible. TIA!
>
> R

Huh? I can't see this happening, just because you've changed the file
extension. How about showing us the code that writes information to your
file?

Garry