Re^2: Creating a pseudo-module/package on a remote (CGI) server?

Aha! Thanks for your reply. My scripts are in "/cgi-bin" but I can access "/" (non web-accessible) so I could create a subdir there called modules and upload my newly created *.pm files just fine. I didn't realise that I could use modules in this way - everything I read stated I had to install them first, which I can't do as stated. I shall have a look at BEGIN, @INC and "-|" as suggested, thanks!

But basically, you're saying I can simply upload them to a subdirectory as .pm, specify the modules folder local path as a lib, and then use "use" etc to access them exactly as if they were an installed module? Great!

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Re^3: Creating a pseudo-module/package on a remote (CGI) server? by f00li5h (Chaplain) on Dec 21, 2006 at 10:23 UTC
You may note that `.` disappears from `@INC` if you're running with taint checking, which you are forced to have when running as root ... Not that you'd ever dream of running your webserver or CGI scripts as root... but just so you know `use lib 'lib';` seems a farily nice alternative (you can stick it at the top of your scripts, right where you've got `use strict; use warnings;` Throw those suckers into a skeleton script and you're away... `@_=qw; ask f00li5h to appear and remain for a moment of pretend better than a lifetime;;s;;@_[map hex,split'',B204316D8C2A4516DE];;y/05/os/&print;`	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Creating a pseudo-module/package on a remote (CGI) server?
by f00li5h (Chaplain) on Dec 21, 2006 at 10:23 UTC

You may note that . disappears from @INC if you're running with taint checking, which you are forced to have when running as root ...

Not that you'd ever dream of running your webserver or CGI scripts as root... but just so you know

use lib 'lib'; seems a farily nice alternative (you can stick it at the top of your scripts, right where you've got use strict; use warnings;

Throw those suckers into a skeleton script and you're away...

@_=qw; ask f00li5h to appear and remain for a moment of pretend better than a lifetime;;s;;@_[map hex,split'',B204316D8C2A4516DE];;y/05/os/&print;

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