Re: the -x command line parameter

Another useful and actual real world example is <Perl></Perl> sections in the Apache httpd.conf file. You can simply do:

randomApacheVar = 1
var2=3
<Perl>
#!perl
my $perl = 'code';
some('more','code');
#etc
__END__
</Perl>
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And easily check if it compiles, or even what it does by doing perl -x httpd.conf

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Re^2: the -x command line parameter by tilly (Archbishop) on Aug 09, 2004 at 05:16 UTC
You can do even better than that. I've seen the above technique used to create synchronized httpd.conf files, so that information that in one is maintained through mod_perl in the next has the Perl expanded out so that it can be used with a non-mod_perl Apache server. (This for a reverse proxy config, the non-mod_perl server handles all of the static requests and forwards what it needs to to the mod_perl servers.)	[reply]
Re^3: the -x command line parameter by water (Deacon) on Aug 10, 2004 at 01:41 UTC
could you elaborate on "so that information that in one is maintained through mod_perl in the next has the Perl expanded out "? thanks	[reply]