Introduction

General tips for running Perl scripts on UNIX.

Copying the Perl Modules

Copy the files in the cfgmgmt directory from the archive into the perl/lib/cfgmgmt directory (the location of the perl directory depends on where Perl is installed)
If you don't have write access to this folder..
- Create a cfgmgmt directory in the directory from which the .pl files wil be run
- Alternatively, alter the PERLLIB environment variable to point to this directory - see Perl run
  - Make sure that this environment variable is properly modified for every CVS user (not an easy thing to do)

Option #1

Create the subdirectory Win32 in the perl/lib directory (the location of the perl directory depends on where Perl is installed)
- If you do not have permissions to write into this directory, you can create the Win32 directory in the current directory from which .pl files are run. Just make sure that this directory is the current directory when running Perl scripts
- Or, use option #2
In the Win32 directory, create a file called TieRegistry.pm. The contents of this file should consist of two characters: "1;"

Option #2

Modify globals.pm and remove or comment out the line:
- use Win32::TieRegistry( Delimiter=>"#", ArrayValues=>0 );

All of the Perl (.pl) scripts need the "execute" attribute: chmod 755 *.pl (consult chmod for more information)
All of the Perl scripts need to be converted to UNIX linefeed format via: dos2unix *.pl
- If you're using a RPM-compatible OS, get dos2unix here
The scripts assume that perl is installed under /usr/local/bin/perl. Alter the first line (in every script) that starts with #! if Perl is installed elsewhere.

Many scripts require shared modules to be installed. These modules are published to CPAN. Installing these modules is easy.

Run the CPAN shell via:
- perl -MCPAN -e"shell"
After setting up your shell, enter:
- install modulename
- e.g., install POE::Component::IRC