Perl provides easy to use tools that make these tasks a cinch. Various mailing lists for Perl, CGI, and the Web exist. It is not intended for any type of CGI support. Perl modules may also be retrieved from the multiplexed distributed CPAN system. For example, LWP modules are retrievable as source or just the readme .
Most modules have manpages embedded within the module itself.
You can use this if you don't want to deal with multiple modules. We will show you an example of how to use CGI.pm to debug your CGI scripts later in this document. Lincoln has also written an excellent book on the Web and CGI, titled How to Set Up and Maintain a World Wide Web Site . It is something of a glorified version of the old cgi-lib.pl with some added functionality. See the manpages for the chmod command for a full explanation of the various octal codes.