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question about canned perl script

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rd.. #1 / 4	question about canned perl script Hi everyone, I have read all the FAQs I can find about perl and haven't found the answer to what will no doubt strike you as an idiotic question. I am using a "canned" perl script to track hits. It appears to be working but I don't think perl is residing in any of our virtual directories. I asked the previous webmaster and he doesn't know if we have perl or not. So I downloaded a binary version of perl. Now I would like to FTP it to the appropriate virtual directory, but I don't know which files have to be sent. I want to send perl to our server then delete it from my HD it is taking up too much space and I am not a programmer, just a lowly webmaster. Which file should I send? Thanks, Rachel Sent via Deja.com http://www.--*.com/ Before you buy.
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Jeff Zucke #2 / 4	question about canned perl script Quote: > I am using a "canned" perl script to track hits. It appears to be > working but I don't think perl is residing in any of our virtual > directories. If it is a Perl script and it works, then you must have a perl executable lying around somewhere. If you are on *nix, type "which perl" on the command line to find out where the executable is loated or type perl -v or perl -V to get more info about the installed version of perl. If you are on windoze, use the start menu find to locate perl.exe. If you are on something else, use whatever file search tools are available to look for it. Quote: >I asked the previous webmaster and he doesn't know if we > have perl or not. So I downloaded a binary version of perl. Now I would > like to FTP it to the appropriate virtual directory, but I don't know > which files have to be sent. You are better off logging on to the server and FTPing the binary from a trusted source like www.perl.com or www.activestate.com and then performing the installation there on your server. Installation is not usually simply a matter of files, but also of things like environment or registry settings depending on your OS. Quote: > I want to send perl to our server then delete it from my HD it is > taking up too much space and I am not a programmer, just a lowly > webmaster. Which file should I send? Unless your local computer is exactly the same operating system as your web server this won't work. If the OSs are the same and you downloaded a binary that was part of a self-installing executable, it is that executable rather than any of the files it installed that you would want to FTP to the server and run the self-installing executable there. P.S. If you are, by your own definition "not a programmer", I am not sure how wise it is to install perl and perl scripts on your server unless you will be hiring consultants whom you trust to manage it for you. -- Jeff
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

#3 / 4	question about canned perl script
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

rd.. #4 / 4	question about canned perl script Well, thanks Jeff. I have removed the perl script and all the associated files from our virtual directory. I don't have access to the actual server, we rent a web host on a monthly basis. No idea if it it is UNIX, probably is though but I don't have a shell account. And of course, I downloaded Perl for Windows, from perl.com. There is no file called Perl.exe on my HDs. I uninstalled perl. There are already some perl scripts in our virtual directory. A broken search engine and some pages that were formerly used to place subscription orders for our magazine. So there must be perl, I guess. Naturally security is of concern to us but since we are going to change web hosts I will opt-out of perl on the new server. I dream that we will hire some programmer consultants but I don't think this will ever happen. I am more of a web programmer than an applications programmer, so I always want things to be finished as quickly as possible. I am studying for the Java certification test. I also like ASP, but I think of myself as a webmaster primarily. Thanks for your assistance. Rachel Quote: > > I am using a "canned" perl script to track hits. It appears to be > > working but I don't think perl is residing in any of our virtual > > directories. > If it is a Perl script and it works, then you must have a perl > executable lying around somewhere. If you are on *nix, type "which > perl" on the command line to find out where the executable is loated or > type perl -v or perl -V to get more info about the installed version of > perl. If you are on windoze, use the start menu find to locate > perl.exe. If you are on something else, use whatever file search tools > are available to look for it. > >I asked the previous webmaster and he doesn't know if we > > have perl or not. So I downloaded a binary version of perl. Now I would > > like to FTP it to the appropriate virtual directory, but I don't know > > which files have to be sent. > You are better off logging on to the server and FTPing the binary from a > trusted source like www.perl.com or www.activestate.com and then > performing the installation there on your server. Installation is not > usually simply a matter of files, but also of things like environment or > registry settings depending on your OS. > > I want to send perl to our server then delete it from my HD it is > > taking up too much space and I am not a programmer, just a lowly > > webmaster. Which file should I send? > Unless your local computer is exactly the same operating system as your > web server this won't work. If the OSs are the same and you downloaded > a binary that was part of a self-installing executable, it is that > executable rather than any of the files it installed that you would want > to FTP to the server and run the self-installing executable there. > P.S. If you are, by your own definition "not a programmer", I am not > sure how wise it is to install perl and perl scripts on your server > unless you will be hiring consultants whom you trust to manage it for > you. > -- > Jeff Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

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