Jason, JC> I want to use perl thats installed on a server JC> here at work. I want to install modules that will JC> enhance my scripts, avoiding having to do calls JC> to the shell for things that perl already has in JC> place. How can i do this? I know that its more of JC> a unix question, but I hope that there is something JC> that can be done.
Take a look at chapter-2 in "Learning Perl Objects and References". There are really a few things you could do. Perl will search for shared code alone a path, which can be manipulated from the shell or a script. You can deploy modules and other shared code to a directory in your home directory (e.g. /users/my_home_dir/perl-lib/) then add that directory to Perl's path. If you are adding the directory to Perl's path with-in a script you will need to manipulate the @inc array. #! /usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; unshift(@inc, '/users/my_home_dir/perl-lib'); ...code... Keep in mind you would need to add this to any script that took advantage of a module in that directory. Your other option is to modify the path through the environment variable (PERLLIB5) - see your shell's documentation for instructions on setting shell variables. Using BASH this is how I would set this variable (I use BASH): export PERLIB5='/users/my_home_dir/perl-lib'; After you do all this you can deploy modules to your personal library and use them from there. Regards, Adam -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
