From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 3 17:16:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mw3.texas.net (mw3.texas.net [206.127.30.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C467937B423 for ; Thu, 3 May 2001 17:16:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dread@texas.net) Received: from localhost.texas.net (tcnet25-052.austin.texas.net [209.99.97.241]) by mw3.texas.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f440GGh19616; Thu, 3 May 2001 19:16:17 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 19:18:36 -0500 (CDT) From: Don Read To: "Tomlinson, Drew" Subject: RE: Perl / ZoneEdit Question - Perl Modules/Libraries Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 03-May-01 Tomlinson, Drew wrote: > I know that this isn't exactly a FreeBSD question but I'm hoping someone > will assist me. I have an account with ZoneEdit.com (a free DNS service). > I am trying to use their Perl script to update my dynamic address as needed. > I know nothing about Perl and could use some help. The beginning of this > script has the following two lines: > > use Sys::Hostname; > use LWP::UserAgent; > > A co-worker, who doesn't know much more than I, told me that these > statements are to use a library outside of Perl. A quick trip to the ports > section revealed www/p5-libwww which I am compiling now. Does anyone know > what I need to do to get the Sys library (module? - I don't even know the > vocabulary yet)? Or better yet, is there anyone that has done the same and > is willing to help me offline? I'd appreciate any assistance. > The Sys package should be part of the base Perl installation. check in /usr/libdata/perl/5.* Regards, -- Don Read dread@texas.net -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message