Are modules freely available (or at least as moderlately priced
shareware)? If and when I find the module(s) I'm looking for (e.g.
File) where do I place them for them to be accessible by the use
statement? MTIA

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Mike Powell

http://www.*-*-*.com/ ~mikep/

    http://www.perl.com/CPAN/CPAN.html
    http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/00modlist.long.html
    http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/01modules.index.html

CPAN currently has nearly 500 modules, all freely available (as is
Perl itself).  Does that fall within your budget?  :-)

A properly-written module should have a README file with instructions
on how to build and install the module.  In the majority of cases it's
simply this:

    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test
    make install

Perl decides where to put the module so you don't have to worry about it.
Just run the above commands and you should be ready to go.

Hope this helps.

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Michael Fuhr
http://www.dimensional.com/~mfuhr/