Path: usenet.cise.ufl.edu!huron.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!209.150.160.22!newsfeed.wli.net!nntp.teleport.com!news.teleport.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: Supersedes: From: Tom Phoenix Organization: A little less every day Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.answers,news.answers Followup-to: comp.lang.perl.misc Subject: [Perl] How to find the Perl FAQ Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU, rootbeer&pfaq*finding*@redcat.com (per merlyn@stonehenge.com) Summary: This posting describes where to find the Perl FAQ, which should be read by anyone who wishes to post to any of the comp.lang.perl.* newsgroups. Lines: 90 Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 10:24:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.108.254.19 NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 03:24:01 PDT Xref: usenet.cise.ufl.edu comp.lang.perl.announce:58 comp.lang.perl.misc:13170 comp.answers:1099 news.answers:5781 Archive-name: perl-faq/finding-perl-faq Posting-Frequency: weekly Last-modified: 12 April 1998 [ That "Last-modified:" date above refers to this document, not to the Perl FAQ itself! The Perl FAQ is modified frequently; the last major update was in Spring of 1997. ] For most people, this URL should be all you need in order to find Perl's Frequently Asked Questions (and answers). http://cpan.perl.org/doc/FAQs/ Please look over (but never overlook!) the FAQ and related docs before posting anything to the comp.lang.perl.* family of newsgroups. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Beginning with Perl version 5.004, the Perl distribution itself includes the Perl FAQ. If everything is pro-Perl-y installed on your system, the FAQ will be stored alongside the rest of Perl's documentation, and one of these commands (or your local equivalents) should let you read the FAQ. perldoc perlfaq man perlfaq If a recent version of Perl is not properly installed on your system, you should ask your system administrator or local expert to help. If you find that a recent Perl distribution is lacking the FAQ or other important documentation, be sure to complain to that distribution's author. If you have a web connection, the first and foremost source for all things Perl, including the FAQ, is the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). CPAN also includes the Perl source code, pre-compiled binaries for many platforms, and a large collection of freely usable modules, among its 403_662_481 bytes (give or take a little) of super-cool (give or take a little) Perl resources. http://cpan.perl.org/ http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ http://cpan.perl.org/doc/FAQs/FAQ/html/perlfaq.html http://www.perl.com/CPAN/doc/FAQs/FAQ/html/perlfaq.html You may wish or need to access CPAN via anonymous FTP. (Within CPAN, you will find the FAQ in the /doc/FAQs/FAQ directory. If none of these selected FTP sites is especially good for you, a full list of CPAN sites is in the SITES file within CPAN.) California ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/perl/CPAN/ Texas ftp://ftp.metronet.com/pub/perl/ South Africa ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/ Japan ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/ Australia ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/ Netherlands ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/CPAN/ Switzerland ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/ Chile ftp://ftp.ing.puc.cl/pub/unix/perl/CPAN/ If you have no connection to the Internet at all (so sad!) you may wish to purchase one of the commercial Perl distributions on CD-Rom or other media. Your local bookstore should be able to help you to find one. Another possibility is to use one of the FTP-via-email services; for more information on doing that, send mail to (not to me!) with these lines in the body of the message, flush left: setdir usenet-by-group/news.announce.newusers send Anonymous_FTP:_Frequently_Asked_Questions_(FAQ)_List # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Comments and suggestions on the contents of this document are always welcome. Please send them to the author at . Of course, comments on the docs and FAQs mentioned here should go to their respective maintainers. Have fun with Perl! -- Tom Phoenix Perl Training and Hacking Esperanto Randal Schwartz Case: http://www.rahul.net/jeffrey/ovs/ .