> ------------------------------------------------ > On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 11:39:04 -0400, "Dylan Boudreau" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am a network administrator maintaining strictly Unix > boxes of some > > type or another. I want to become as proficient at Perl as > I possibly > > can because I see scripting as the week point on my resume. I have > > the Oreilly book "Perl for System Administrators" but I > want to read > > another book before I get in to that one so I have a good base. > > > > I think the main thing I want to get out of the next book is more > > familiarity with modules because Learning Perl doesn't really cover > > them well at all. > > > > Dylan > > > > Have you been through the provided perl documentation? > Surprisingly I found it incredibly helpful despite my lack of > its use for the first 4+ years of using Perl (granted I > already had the other standard issues, Camel, Cookbook, OOP > Perl, DBI, XML, etc.) perldoc perl will give you a list of > goodies to try, once you understand using CPAN, then few > modules will have (or need) a book devoted to them (the > exceptions already do, CGI, DBI, XML) but most 90+% have good > standard documentation that is available with the module > itself or online. If you start with:
An excellent idea I second that motion! I got all caught up in books that I missed the place the books get their info! Thanks for the obvious! Dan > > perldoc perlmod - Perl modules: how they work > perldoc perlmodlib - Perl modules: how to write and use > perldoc perlmodinstall Perl modules: how to install from CPAN > > perldoc perlreftut - Perl references short introduction > perldoc perlref - Perl references, the rest of the story > > That will give you a great overview and then exploring any > particular module should be relatively similar to any other. > http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
