Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl Question...

["Jon S. Jaques" <jjaques@grovehillsys.com>]

 At 09:19 AM 12/15/97 +1100, Alex Satrapa wrote:
>At 05:52 +1100 on 15/12/97, Jon S. Jaques wrote:
>>What is the best way to distribute MacPerl across a LAN without installing
>>MacPerl on each Mac client?

>That's the way I do it. MacPerl, unlike most Windows or Microsoft programs,
>is entirely self-contained - all the stuff you need to run MacPerl is in
>one folder. Wherever that folder is, your (default) libs go too. That's how

>The only thing to be wary of is custom libs - there is a "MacPerl <version
>#> Preferences" file in System:Preferences. My guess is this contains stuff
>like custom library paths. The only effect this would have (AFAIK) is if

OK, that should do it... I'm not currently using any custom libs, but I
think that if I did end up requiring it, I'd just drop them into the
default lib folder. Does it affect the performance of the script by having
the executables on a network drive?

>Windows 95: n. 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch
>to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor,
>written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. --
OS8~Win95


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