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

Hi,

I want to configure NMS formmail script step-by-step as shown on http://www.ironspider.ca/forms/nmsform.htm. I have a free hosting account with x10hosting.com. When I log-in to my cPanel the Path to Perl is shown as "/usr/bin/perl" however I am unable to locate the exact location/directory or perl module and sendmail module.

Actually I do not quite understand the path of the perl module (above). I mean there is no "bin" folder under the usr(jcren) directory however in the cpanel it is shown as usr/bin/perl

I can locate a _vti_bin folder under usr/www(public_html). Is the folder? I believe this is to do something with MS Frontpage.

I am new to web-development let alone PERL and I try to apply what I have interpreted from what I learn on the internet so I am not really sure what i have interpreted is correct or not i.e. the path to the PERL module. I have installed a local server on my computer(XAMPP) and the path to perl on my local server is "E:\xampp\perl\bin\perl.exe".

I believe the above script (NMS formmail) does not require to have a MYSQL database. Oh boy...I am not really sure...

Please let me know where am I missing out.

Thanks for your advice.

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Re: Path to Perl on Web Host
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 21, 2009 at 14:06 UTC
    Contact your webhost support, or check their FAQs.