Please bottom post.... > Not the prettiest way but here is how I check if File::Find is installed: > > perldoc -X File::Find > > > Like I said, it's not pretty. I figure there wouldn't be a doc on the machine if the module wasn't there. Bad presumtion I know. Still, maybe someone can help educate us. I'm a sorta perl-newbie now (yes.. I can be taught!) >
Not necessarily true. perldoc expects POD, which can be internal or external to a particular module's source code, it is possible to remove the documentation and still have the module installed. Slightly better would be to just invoke the perl interpreter with -M and see if it spits out an error. For instance, perl -MCGI (hangs waiting for input, use Ctrl+c to end) perl -MCGId Can't locate CGId.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/sun4-solaris /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/sun4-solaris /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl .). BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. There might be better ways still.... http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
