Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module P616. This topic is presented on public course Using Perl on the Web

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Using Perl on the Web - training course - CGI, mod-Perl, and other standards. Sessions, cookies, content management, etc. Using Perl on the Web - CGI, mod-Perl, and other standards. Sessions, cookies, content management, etc. This advanced course takes the Perl programmer ... http://www.wellho.net/course/pwfull.html  [course]

Using ssh to contact a remote host use Net::SSH::Perl ; $scon = Net::SSH::Perl->new ("www.savethetrain.org.uk"); $scon->login("savethetrain","abc123"); print "looking around ...\n"; ($output,$errors,$exit) ... http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=p616/sshlet  [code sample]

Packages in packages in Perl In perl, all your variables (except "my" ones, which we'll leave for another day) are arranged into packages, and by default that's a package called "main". ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/531_Pack ... -Perl.html  [short article]

Answering ALL the delegate's Perl questions During courses, questions arise. "I'll get back to that" could make people feel that I'm brushing something off ... except that I explain, early on, ... http://www.wellho.net/mouth/975_Answ ... tions.html  [short article]

Log in to a remote host and run a command #!/usr/bin/perl use Net::Telnet; print "reporting end of web server log files:\n"; $telobj = Net::Telnet->new( Host => "seal", Prompt ... http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=p616/telnetdemo  [code sample]

Simple FTP retreival in Perl #!/usr/bin/perl use Net::FTP; print "retrieving file from seal\n"; $ftpobj = Net::FTP -> new ("seal"); $ftpobj -> login("p1","abc123"); $ftpobj -> cwd ... http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=p616/ftpdemo  [code sample]

Recursive FTP client in Perl #!/usr/bin/perl use Net::FTP; # searches for files # matching a certain # pattern within or below a # named directory on an FTP # server print "Search ... http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php4?item=p616/ftp2  [code sample]

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FTP and telnet are excellent ways to work with remote computers, but they're designed around a human user with keyboard input and screen output. Using Perl modules, you can automate FTP and telnet processes that you run regularly, and even use FTP and telnet connections to access remote data from within a larger Perl application.

This topic is presented on public course Using Perl on the Web

ftp2	Recursive FTP client in Perl
ftpdemo	Simple FTP retreival in Perl
sshlet	Using ssh to contact a remote host
telnetdemo	Log in to a remote host and run a command

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