use the CGI.pm module only when script is used by a browser

skazat has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

here's a doozy:

i have a fairly big, sophisticated script (80k) that uses the CGI.pm module. i want to have another script that links to the sophisticated script with require

require "bigscript.cgi"

it seems to me that the script fails when i try this, can anyone give me some guidance where the big script will only use the CGI.pm module when used by a browser? theres some yumy functions in the big script i don't feel like having to copy over.

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Re: use the CGI.pm module only when script is used by a browser by ivey (Beadle) on Jun 06, 2000 at 07:09 UTC
The easy way: strip the code from the CGI into a function library, and require it from both the CGI and the command-line version. should be 3 minutes of effort. The better way: make a .pm of the functions, maybe even using the OO-style, and then just use it. either way will work well.	[reply]