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> -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Muey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dylan Boudreau; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Perl book > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > 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] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
