All contributed code, software and programs are used here by permission of the contributors. GNU software is included and readers should view the GNU distribution information (\gnu\copying.gnu) included with the GNU software located in the \GNU directory of the CD-ROM. Additional documentation can be found at the URL: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/texinfodoc/dir.html or at the GNU FTP site: ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/
An HTML file 'CGI-PERL.HTM' is included in the root directory of the CD-ROM and it links to many sites on the WWW where additional support for Perl and CGI scripting can be found.
Other resources for Perl include HTML and CGI newsgroups such as: comp.lang.perl, comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi, comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html There is a Perl for DOS already complied. A collection of ports at: http://oak.oakland.edu:8080/SimTel/msdos/perl.html
For Windows users, a copy of the shareware program WinZip is included to permit decompression of the .GZ, .TAR, or .ZIP files. For DOS users, a copy of the GNU zip software gzip is located in the GNU directory. It can also be used to decompress files.
Sample CGI scripts and examples are located in the \EXAMPLES directory.
Additional support for CGI, Perl and HTML can be found at the Sams.net WWW page using the URL:http://www.mcp.com/samsnet