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.
Thanks for your assistance.
Rachel
> > 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
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