Perl Script Syntax Checker

[RPrinceton]

Hi everyone,
Does anyone know of a product that can check a Perl script for syntax and blatant coding errors to help thwart the dreaded Internal Server Error? I really do not want to install a full blown version of Perl on my machine.
Please advise. Thx in advance.
Regards,
Randall Princeton

 

[Nebbish]

There might be a better solution, but what I do is have an error file opened immidiately, using the following code (placed anywhere, really):

BEGIN {
  my $curTime = localtime;
  open(STDERR, "> scriptErrorLog.txt");
  print STDERR "The script was last called on $curTime\n\n";
}

It'll still give you an internal server error when things go wrong, but it should at least tell you whats wrong in the scriptErroLog.txt file when you check it.

HTH,

Nick

 

[Rieekan]

If you have the CGI Module installed and running, try using CGI::Carp to send all errors to the browser. That way at least something gets to the users, even if it isn't a nice pretty error message.

use CGI::Carp qw/fatalsToBrowser/;

- Rieekan

 

[PaulTEG]

assuming you have access to the remote server that the script is going to run on

log on with SSH (telnet on a LAN, if you trust everyone), and

perl -c myscript.pl

A full blown perl installation isn't that big anyway, what's your opposition?

HTH
--Paul

It's important in life to always strike a happy medium, so if you see someone with a crystal ball, and a smile on their face ... smack the fecker