Perl basics

[MeganP]

HI,
I need to migrate perl program from one server to another. What steps do I need to follow during the process? If I simply install perl in the desired folder, will it be enough or do I need to tweak in any way to make it work?
After installation do I need to do any additional tasks?

Thank you very much!

 

[Rieekan]

Provided your script uses standard modules installed with Perl, you should be fine in what you stated above. If your script uses other modules, you would need to install those on the new server as well before your scripts will function.

- Rieekan

 

[PaulTEG]

You can install them quite easily, (after some initial set up) using cpan, or if you're using a Doze OS, ppm should allow you to install a plethora of modules quite straighforwardly.

To see if your script will run, put all the use statements in a single script, and run that. It should fall over if any of the modules are missing.

Also ensure that you are migrating to an equal or greater version of perl, just in case some of your scripts functionality is dependent on newer versions

HTH
--Paul

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