[Orca-users] Argument "" isn't numeric in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl line 499.

[Blair Zajac]

Donny Jekels wrote:
> while tailing the output file I noticed this
> 
> Argument "" isn't numeric in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl line 
> 499.
> Use of uninitialized value in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl 
> line 499.
> Use of uninitialized value in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl 
> line 499.
> Use of uninitialized value in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl 
> line 499.
> Use of uninitialized value in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl 
> line 499.
> Use of uninitialized value in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl 
> line 499.
> Argument "" isn't numeric in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl line 
> 499.
> 
> also while doing an strace
> 
> open("/proc/meminfo", O_RDONLY)         = 6
> ioctl(6, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, 0x7fbffff390) = -1 ENOTTY 
> (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
> lseek(6, 0, SEEK_CUR)                   = 0
> fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
> fcntl(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)           = 0
> read(6, "MemTotal:      1025224 kB\nMemFre"..., 4096) = 646
> lseek(6, 78, SEEK_SET)                  = 78
> lseek(6, 0, SEEK_CUR)                   = 78
> close(6)                                = 0
> write(2, "Argument \"\" isn\'t numeric in mul"..., 78Argument "" isn't 
> numeric in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl line 499.
> ) = 78
> write(2, "Use of uninitialized value in mu"..., 79Use of uninitialized 
> value in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl line 499.
> ) = 79
> write(2, "Use of uninitialized value in mu"..., 79Use of uninitialized 
> value in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl line 499.
> ) = 79
> write(2, "Use of uninitialized value in mu"..., 79Use of uninitialized 
> value in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl line 499.
> ) = 79
> write(2, "Use of uninitialized value in mu"..., 79Use of uninitialized 
> value in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl line 499.
> ) = 79
> write(2, "Use of uninitialized value in mu"..., 79Use of uninitialized 
> value in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl line 499.
> ) = 79
> write(2, "Argument \"\" isn\'t numeric in mul"..., 78Argument "" isn't 
> numeric in multiplication (*) at ./procallator.pl line
> 
> they don't seem to be normal messages...
> 
> any help to get this resolved would be greatly appreciated.

Donny,

If you could help figure this out and see what kind of input is causing 
procallator to warn, that would help.

And since we're an open source project, the fastest way to get code fixed is to 
submit patches :)

Regards,
Blair