Perl Info Page

Basic Information

• Construct plain text files with this as the first line
  

  #!/usr/local/bin/perl

• Name your files with a .pl extension
• Make them exectuable (world exectuable if you will use them for cgi programs.

  chmod 755 myPerl.pl

All cgi programs, including Perl progs, must be named with the .cgi extenstion.

What's Installed

• Current Perl version on www.csuchico.edu and web.cscuchico.edu:

  This is perl, v5.8.5 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi Copyright 1987-2004, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.

• Main Perl Documentation:  Includes standard functions and modules

• Additional Installed Modules

  Documentation is available by typing man "complete module name" at the system prompt.

  Example: man IO::Uncompress::Unzip

  You will need to log in using "ssh" to do this.

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