Questions tagged [perl]
Perl is a powerful, high level programming language. Questions about Perl should be limited to the Perl development environment, running Perl, or using Perl to automate tasks on your computer.
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How do I install Bugzilla using XAMPP in Windows?
I need to install Bugzilla using XAMPP with Perl on my Windows XP machine. What is the procedure?
I have installed PHP based applications in XAMPP like Joomla, WordPress, etc., but it seems that ...
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Perlscript runs fine when executed manually but not under cron
my wireless setup fails several times a day, restarting gnome's network manager helps. I want to automate this and hacked the following perlscript:
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How to install perl5.10 on OS X 10.5.8?
I need to install perl 5.10 on my OS X 10.5.8 box.
I have macports installed. And I seem to have port perl5.10 installed as well:
$ sudo port install perl5.10
Password:
---> Computing dependencies ...
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How do you manage perl modules on a Debian system?
I'd like to know if you have a method for managing perl modules on your Debian system, with respect to the following:
Installing new modules
Listing of manually installed modules
Checking ...
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ksh equivalent of perl $! error reason
Is there an equivalent of $! in ksh, which provides the error string ? $? stores the exit code only.
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Perl script running as root can't do root things
We are running RedHat Enterprise ES 5 on x86_64. We have a perl script which does, amongst other things:
make a directory
copy dot files into it
chown the whole thing
The target directory is an ...
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