ukhas jean wrote: > Hello All, > > Gurus, sorry i have a newbie question ...
I got 4 copies of this post - just post to the list with no CCs. > 1. Could any body tell me what does options "-MCPAN" and "-eshell" mean > in the below code ... > > "perl -MCPAN -eshell\n", > " install DBI\n"; If you read your Perl docs (perlrun), -M is used to include a module (analogous to use function. -e is used to execute the arg as an input line. > I believe the Author is trying to install the DBI module from CPAN. But > what does these 2 options mean??? > > Any suggestions/advises will be very much appreciated. Is there some > documentation for the "options" ; so that I can lookup to get the entire > list of options??? If you're using Activestate Perl, I'd use PPM wherever possible and not have to deal with CPAN installs (esp. on Win32). _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
