{ "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "# PERLNETWARE (man)\n\n**Summary:** perlnetware - Perl for NetWare\n\n## Section Outline\n\n- **NAME** (2 lines)\n- **DESCRIPTION** (5 lines)\n- **BUILD** (3 lines) — 5 subsections\n - Tools & SDK (5 lines)\n - Setup (23 lines)\n - Make (13 lines)\n - Interpreter (4 lines)\n - Extensions (2 lines)\n- **INSTALL** (12 lines)\n- **BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS** (52 lines)\n- **ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS** (4 lines)\n- **AUTHORS** (2 lines)\n- **DATE** (11 lines)\n\n## Full Content\n\n### NAME\n\nperlnetware - Perl for NetWare\n\n### DESCRIPTION\n\nThis file gives instructions for building Perl 5.7 and above, and also Perl modules for\nNetWare. Before you start, you may want to read the README file found in the top level\ndirectory into which the Perl source code distribution was extracted. Make sure you read and\nunderstand the terms under which the software is being distributed.\n\n### BUILD\n\nThis section describes the steps to be performed to build a Perl NLM and other associated\nNLMs.\n\n#### Tools & SDK\n\nThe build requires CodeWarrior compiler and linker. In addition, the \"NetWare SDK\", \"NLM &\nNetWare Libraries for C\" and \"NetWare Server Protocol Libraries for C\", all available at\n, are required.\nMicrosoft Visual C++ version 4.2 or later is also required.\n\n#### Setup\n\nThe build process is dependent on the location of the NetWare SDK. Once the Tools & SDK are\ninstalled, the build environment has to be setup. The following batch files setup the\nenvironment.\n\nSetNWBld.bat\nThe Execution of this file takes 2 parameters as input. The first being the NetWare SDK\npath, second being the path for CodeWarrior Compiler & tools. Execution of this file sets\nthese paths and also sets the build type to Release by default.\n\nBuildtype.bat\nThis is used to set the build type to debug or release. Change the build type only after\nexecuting SetNWBld.bat\n\nExample:\n\n1. Typing \"buildtype d on\" at the command prompt causes the buildtype to be set to Debug\ntype with D2 flag set.\n\n2. Typing \"buildtype d off\" or \"buildtype d\" at the command prompt causes the buildtype\nto be set to Debug type with D1 flag set.\n\n3. Typing \"buildtype r\" at the command prompt sets it to Release Build type.\n\n#### Make\n\nThe make process runs only under WinNT shell. The NetWare makefile is located under the\nNetWare folder. This makes use of miniperl.exe to run some of the Perl scripts. To create\nminiperl.exe, first set the required paths for Visual c++ compiler (specify vcvars32\nlocation) at the command prompt. Then run nmake from win32 folder through WinNT command\nprompt. The build process can be stopped after miniperl.exe is created. Then run nmake from\nNetWare folder through WinNT command prompt.\n\nCurrently the following two build types are tested on NetWare:\n\n• USEMULTI, USEITHREADS & USEIMPSYS defined\n\n• USEMULTI & USEIMPSYS defined and USEITHREADS not defined\n\n#### Interpreter\n\nOnce miniperl.exe creation is over, run nmake from the NetWare folder. This will build the\nPerl interpreter for NetWare as perl.nlm. This is copied under the Release folder if you are\ndoing a release build, else will be copied under Debug folder for debug builds.\n\n#### Extensions\n\nThe make process also creates the Perl extensions as \n\n### INSTALL\n\nTo install NetWare Perl onto a NetWare server, first map the Sys volume of a NetWare server\nto i:. This is because the makefile by default sets the drive letter to i:. Type nmake\nnwinstall from NetWare folder on a WinNT command prompt. This will copy the binaries and\nmodule files onto the NetWare server under sys:\\Perl folder. The Perl interpreter, perl.nlm,\nis copied under sys:\\perl\\system folder. Copy this to sys:\\system folder.\n\nExample: At the command prompt Type \"nmake nwinstall\".\nThis will install NetWare Perl on the NetWare Server.\nSimilarly, if you type \"nmake install\",\nthis will cause the binaries to be installed on the local machine.\n(Typically under the c:\\perl folder)\n\n### BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS\n\nTo build extensions other than standard extensions, NetWare Perl has to be installed on\nWindows along with Windows Perl. The Perl for Windows can be either downloaded from the CPAN\nsite and built using the sources, or the binaries can be directly downloaded from the\nActiveState site. Installation can be done by invoking nmake install from the NetWare folder\non a WinNT command prompt after building NetWare Perl by following steps given above. This\nwill copy all the *.pm files and other required files. Documentation files are not copied.\nThus one must first install Windows Perl, Then install NetWare Perl.\n\nOnce this is done, do the following to build any extension:\n\n• Change to the extension directory where its source files are present.\n\n• Run the following command at the command prompt:\n\nperl -II -II Makefile.pl\n\nExample:\n\nperl -Ic:/perl/5.6.1/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread \\\n-Ic:\\perl\\5.6.1\\lib MakeFile.pl\n\nor\n\nperl -Ic:/perl/5.8.0/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread \\\n-Ic:\\perl\\5.8.0\\lib MakeFile.pl\n\n• nmake\n\n• nmake install\n\nInstall will copy the files into the Windows machine where NetWare Perl is installed and\nthese files may have to be copied to the NetWare server manually. Alternatively, pass\nINSTALLSITELIB=i:\\perl\\lib as an input to makefile.pl above. Here i: is the mapped drive\nto the sys: volume of the server where Perl on NetWare is installed. Now typing nmake\ninstall, will copy the files onto the NetWare server.\n\nExample: You can execute the following on the command prompt.\n\nperl -Ic:/perl/5.6.1/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread \\\n-Ic:\\perl\\5.6.1\\lib MakeFile.pl\nINSTALLSITELIB=i:\\perl\\lib\n\nor\n\nperl -Ic:/perl/5.8.0/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread \\\n-Ic:\\perl\\5.8.0\\lib MakeFile.pl\nINSTALLSITELIB=i:\\perl\\lib\n\n• Note: Some modules downloaded from CPAN may require NetWare related API in order to build\non NetWare. Other modules may however build smoothly with or without minor changes\ndepending on the type of module.\n\n### ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\n\nThe makefile for Win32 is used as a reference to create the makefile for NetWare. Also, the\nmake process for NetWare port uses miniperl.exe to run scripts during the make and\ninstallation process.\n\n### AUTHORS\n\nAnantha Kesari H Y (hyanantha@novell.com) Aditya C (caditya@novell.com)\n\n### DATE\n\n• Created - 18 Jan 2001\n\n• Modified - 25 June 2001\n\n• Modified - 13 July 2001\n\n• Modified - 28 May 2002\n\n\n\nperl v5.34.0 2025-07-25 PERLNETWARE(1)\n\n" } ], "structuredContent": { "command": "PERLNETWARE", "section": "", "mode": "man", "summary": "perlnetware - Perl for NetWare", "synopsis": null, "tldr_summary": null, "tldr_examples": [], "tldr_source": null, "flags": [], "examples": [], "see_also": [], "section_outline": [ { "name": "NAME", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "DESCRIPTION", "lines": 5, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "BUILD", "lines": 3, "subsections": [ { "name": "Tools & SDK", "lines": 5 }, { "name": "Setup", "lines": 23 }, { "name": "Make", "lines": 13 }, { "name": "Interpreter", "lines": 4 }, { "name": "Extensions", "lines": 2 } ] }, { "name": "INSTALL", "lines": 12, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS", "lines": 52, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS", "lines": 4, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "AUTHORS", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "DATE", "lines": 11, "subsections": [] } ], "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "perlnetware - Perl for NetWare\n", "subsections": [] }, "DESCRIPTION": { "content": "This file gives instructions for building Perl 5.7 and above, and also Perl modules for\nNetWare. Before you start, you may want to read the README file found in the top level\ndirectory into which the Perl source code distribution was extracted. Make sure you read and\nunderstand the terms under which the software is being distributed.\n", "subsections": [] }, "BUILD": { "content": "This section describes the steps to be performed to build a Perl NLM and other associated\nNLMs.\n", "subsections": [ { "name": "Tools & SDK", "content": "The build requires CodeWarrior compiler and linker. In addition, the \"NetWare SDK\", \"NLM &\nNetWare Libraries for C\" and \"NetWare Server Protocol Libraries for C\", all available at\n, are required.\nMicrosoft Visual C++ version 4.2 or later is also required.\n" }, { "name": "Setup", "content": "The build process is dependent on the location of the NetWare SDK. Once the Tools & SDK are\ninstalled, the build environment has to be setup. The following batch files setup the\nenvironment.\n\nSetNWBld.bat\nThe Execution of this file takes 2 parameters as input. The first being the NetWare SDK\npath, second being the path for CodeWarrior Compiler & tools. Execution of this file sets\nthese paths and also sets the build type to Release by default.\n\nBuildtype.bat\nThis is used to set the build type to debug or release. Change the build type only after\nexecuting SetNWBld.bat\n\nExample:\n\n1. Typing \"buildtype d on\" at the command prompt causes the buildtype to be set to Debug\ntype with D2 flag set.\n\n2. Typing \"buildtype d off\" or \"buildtype d\" at the command prompt causes the buildtype\nto be set to Debug type with D1 flag set.\n\n3. Typing \"buildtype r\" at the command prompt sets it to Release Build type.\n" }, { "name": "Make", "content": "The make process runs only under WinNT shell. The NetWare makefile is located under the\nNetWare folder. This makes use of miniperl.exe to run some of the Perl scripts. To create\nminiperl.exe, first set the required paths for Visual c++ compiler (specify vcvars32\nlocation) at the command prompt. Then run nmake from win32 folder through WinNT command\nprompt. The build process can be stopped after miniperl.exe is created. Then run nmake from\nNetWare folder through WinNT command prompt.\n\nCurrently the following two build types are tested on NetWare:\n\n• USEMULTI, USEITHREADS & USEIMPSYS defined\n\n• USEMULTI & USEIMPSYS defined and USEITHREADS not defined\n" }, { "name": "Interpreter", "content": "Once miniperl.exe creation is over, run nmake from the NetWare folder. This will build the\nPerl interpreter for NetWare as perl.nlm. This is copied under the Release folder if you are\ndoing a release build, else will be copied under Debug folder for debug builds.\n" }, { "name": "Extensions", "content": "The make process also creates the Perl extensions as \n" } ] }, "INSTALL": { "content": "To install NetWare Perl onto a NetWare server, first map the Sys volume of a NetWare server\nto i:. This is because the makefile by default sets the drive letter to i:. Type nmake\nnwinstall from NetWare folder on a WinNT command prompt. This will copy the binaries and\nmodule files onto the NetWare server under sys:\\Perl folder. The Perl interpreter, perl.nlm,\nis copied under sys:\\perl\\system folder. Copy this to sys:\\system folder.\n\nExample: At the command prompt Type \"nmake nwinstall\".\nThis will install NetWare Perl on the NetWare Server.\nSimilarly, if you type \"nmake install\",\nthis will cause the binaries to be installed on the local machine.\n(Typically under the c:\\perl folder)\n", "subsections": [] }, "BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS": { "content": "To build extensions other than standard extensions, NetWare Perl has to be installed on\nWindows along with Windows Perl. The Perl for Windows can be either downloaded from the CPAN\nsite and built using the sources, or the binaries can be directly downloaded from the\nActiveState site. Installation can be done by invoking nmake install from the NetWare folder\non a WinNT command prompt after building NetWare Perl by following steps given above. This\nwill copy all the *.pm files and other required files. Documentation files are not copied.\nThus one must first install Windows Perl, Then install NetWare Perl.\n\nOnce this is done, do the following to build any extension:\n\n• Change to the extension directory where its source files are present.\n\n• Run the following command at the command prompt:\n\nperl -II -II Makefile.pl\n\nExample:\n\nperl -Ic:/perl/5.6.1/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread \\\n-Ic:\\perl\\5.6.1\\lib MakeFile.pl\n\nor\n\nperl -Ic:/perl/5.8.0/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread \\\n-Ic:\\perl\\5.8.0\\lib MakeFile.pl\n\n• nmake\n\n• nmake install\n\nInstall will copy the files into the Windows machine where NetWare Perl is installed and\nthese files may have to be copied to the NetWare server manually. Alternatively, pass\nINSTALLSITELIB=i:\\perl\\lib as an input to makefile.pl above. Here i: is the mapped drive\nto the sys: volume of the server where Perl on NetWare is installed. Now typing nmake\ninstall, will copy the files onto the NetWare server.\n\nExample: You can execute the following on the command prompt.\n\nperl -Ic:/perl/5.6.1/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread \\\n-Ic:\\perl\\5.6.1\\lib MakeFile.pl\nINSTALLSITELIB=i:\\perl\\lib\n\nor\n\nperl -Ic:/perl/5.8.0/lib/NetWare-x86-multi-thread \\\n-Ic:\\perl\\5.8.0\\lib MakeFile.pl\nINSTALLSITELIB=i:\\perl\\lib\n\n• Note: Some modules downloaded from CPAN may require NetWare related API in order to build\non NetWare. Other modules may however build smoothly with or without minor changes\ndepending on the type of module.\n", "subsections": [] }, "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS": { "content": "The makefile for Win32 is used as a reference to create the makefile for NetWare. Also, the\nmake process for NetWare port uses miniperl.exe to run scripts during the make and\ninstallation process.\n", "subsections": [] }, "AUTHORS": { "content": "Anantha Kesari H Y (hyanantha@novell.com) Aditya C (caditya@novell.com)\n", "subsections": [] }, "DATE": { "content": "• Created - 18 Jan 2001\n\n• Modified - 25 June 2001\n\n• Modified - 13 July 2001\n\n• Modified - 28 May 2002\n\n\n\nperl v5.34.0 2025-07-25 PERLNETWARE(1)", "subsections": [] } } } }