unfortunately we used Win32::* through out.  And set up some programs a
services.

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:03 AM
To: Briggs, Larry
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Re: Win32 to UNIX


Briggs, Larry wrote:
> Hi All
> My office has decided to listen to the hardware guys instead of the
> developers/programers.  So I have be asked to find out what it would take
to
> convert all of our perl programs from win32 to UNIX.  I currently have a
web
> system in place running ActiveState Perl v5.6.1 build 633 on two NT Web
> servers running IIS4.  I did a lot of the coding based on win32. What will
> be needed to port over to a Sun box running Solaris 9?  Can I just move
all
> of the programs or will I need to rewrite everything?
> Thanks
> Larry

That depends on many things.  If you stuck to core Perl functions and CPAN 
modules where possible, avoiding shelling out to the O/S, using Win32::* 
modules, etc then the port to Solaris could be trivial.  You know your code 
best!

-- 
   Simon Oliver
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