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MS-DOS PERL

Version 4.19 · Len Reed

Programming
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Description

This is PERL (Practical Extraction and Reporting Language) for MS-DOS. PERL, originally written by Larry Wall, is an amazingly powerful language that combines functions of shell scripts, C, sed and awk and other UNIX tools into one language. PERL needs lots of memory to run. Distributed under the GNU public license and is free.

Technical details

File
perl419x.zip
Size
425.4 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1992
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1997-03-02
Files inside
15
Author
Len Reed
Path
anonftp/pub/perl419x.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 316.3 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • crlf.bat → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 920 B
  • drives.bat → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 1.1 KB
  • lf.bat → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 965 B
  • nohigh.bat → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 623 B
  • nohigh.bat → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 429 B
  • perl.exe → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 323.6 KB
  • perl286.exe → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 317.0 KB
  • perlglob.exe → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 5.9 KB

No need to put Artistic, Copying, README.msdos, Wishlist.dds, doscpp.pl, perldb.pl, perldos.man: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 316.3 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy crlf.bat, drives.bat, lf.bat, nohigh.bat to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

First time? How to connect the palmtop, step by step →

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