Re: [MacPerl] runtime apps

[Dan Shoop <shoop@campmor.com>]

At 7:57 PM -0400 7/17/96, ps wrote:
>Greetings Perl-ers!  I have a nice guestbook script I swiped and modified
>and it runs on my (private testing) server saved as a machttp cgi.  Now my
>boss wants to copy it for another (public potentially busy) server. (also a
>mac) Instead of installing the full Perl on the new machine, I would like
>to make a runtime app of the script I have.  I changed the variables to
>reflect the new machine's address and the paths to the server folder&
>cgi-bin but it is not working right.  If the script includes or requires
>other .pl's, how do I include those in the runtime app? (paste all of it
>into the one script instead of doing includes/requires?)  Any advice on the
>runtime option would be greatly appreciated, if I can't get it working soon
>I will give up and install Perl on the server.  If I do that, how can I get
>Perl to quit after it does the cgi?  Does it slow down the server more to
>have Perl open? Does the runtime have any things I should know about as far
>as server speed etc?  Thanks very much, you folks are the best!
>
>Pris Sears sears@vt.edu

If you read the Perl documentation it tells you which pieces need to be
installed for runtime onluy scripts. In particular, the libraries must be
installed in their canonical places.


-dhan

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