azurelunatic | Things I need to do:

Things I need to do:

>http://www.lies.com/begperl/

> which perl
path

'#!/path' is the first line.
Any # thereafter is a comment.

Make sure to chmod the file to an appropriate level of permission: 755.
/usr/local/etc/httpd/cgi-bin/

http://www.webdeveloper.com/cgi-perl/cgi_idiots_guide_to_perl.html
http://learn.perl.org/library/beginning_perl/3145_Chap12.pdf

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If it's for web developing, is PHP an option?

I've picked up some PHP solely from web-stuff, the only reference books I have are for Python and Perl.

Apart from some annoying things, I've found it really easy to work with.

(I'm suggesting because if this is something you want to have running in a hurry, you might find existing PHP scripts easier to modify, or find PHP easier to pick up.)

PHP's an option; I'm stubborn and want to use perl. We may, actually, have to use both.

This is just for small "Hello world" pages in lab. Well, small hello world, and also some other fun stuff later on.

Aaah.

PHP is a great option for lazy people. It's good enough to write proper data-processing applications, but you can just use HTML to build the UI, and it's easier to include with the HTML.

Rather than having to do loads of 'printf()' statements, or whatever, you can just write your HTML as normal, and put <?php> blocks in where you need code.

This class is for gaining experience points in assorted shit.

And so the lazy option is usually not going to be the best. Understood. :o)

From a sys-admin point of view, PHP is problematic since it tends to participate in the security-hole-of-the-month club.

Which probably isn't helped by the fact that the lazy people like me use it, and laziness is a major cause of security problems.

#!/path/to/perl -w

should always be the first line. Using -w will save you hours upon hours of work. 'use strict;' is your friend as well

Feel free to e-mail me or give me a call if you have problems. I've taught Perl for a living in the past...

the lazy people could hire me or someone like me. I do admin a PHP system, I just grumble a lot.

The PHP code I write runs on my own machine, so if there's security holes that're exploited it's only going to piss off three people: Me, my wife (her websites and email are hosted off of this machine), and a friend who has a photo gallery hosted on this machine.

Yes, I've abused my poor Mac OS X workstation into taking on web and email server roles, too.

I don't do this for a living, of course, since if I did I'd be a whole lot better at it. ;o)

[root@joan root]# perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.0 built for i386-linux-thread-multi

Copyright 1987-2002, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.

[root@joan root]# which perl
/usr/bin/perl

I managed to undo the damage my groupmates did. It was fun.

Usefulness. 'Course it would be better if they hadn't caused damage in the first place.

I seem to be the guru.

The instructor is a Good Ol' Boy who believes in the power of independant research. This is not making the people in class very happy.

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