Perl for C Programmers

Log File Viewer

C programming is a simple process. Do a make, take care of the errors, do a make, take care of the errors, and so on. Unless, you’ve got my job, which is do a make, go to lunch, come back, and see whether three-quarters of a million lines have finished compiling; then look through the huge log file for errors.

To make spotting errors easier, you can create a Perl program that goes through a log file and highlights the errors.

But what constitutes an error? Obviously, a line with the word “Error” on it. But that’s not always true. Sometimes someone produces a module with a name like: STR_Error.c. Compiling this is not an error.

So your program must be flexible in deciding what is an error and what isn’t. You can solve this problem ...