PERL & CGI
Perl is a "Practical Extraction and Report Language." It has powerful text-manipulation functions. Perl electronically combines features and purposes of many command languages.
Two types of programmers use Perl. System administrators like it for the way it glues together system commands to manipulate data and processes, and for its pattern-matching functions aids in system searches and reporting. People developing electronic forms for Unix Web servers find Perl easier to learn and use than C, and for their purposes Perl offers more built-in or publicly available functions such as easy data validation and simple databases.
If you are new to Perl, we suggest taking the tutorial at Perl.com. However, if you are familiar with Perl our paths are listed below:
- /usr/bin/perl
- /usr/sbin/sendmail
You must name your scripts with a .pl or .cgi extension, or they will not work. For your safty and protection, we use CGIWrap. CGIWrap is a gateway program that allows general users to use CGI scripts and HTML forms without compromising the security of the http server. Scripts are run with the permissions of the user who owns the script. In addition, several security checks are performed on the script, which will not be executed if any checks fail.
If you need help creating, editing or installing a Perl script contact Customer Service. We're always glad to help!
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