This is CGI.pm 2.21, an easy-to-use Perl5 library for writing World Wide Web CGI scripts. To install this module, cd to the directory that contains this README file and type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make install If this doesn't work for you, try: cp CGI.pm /usr/local/lib/perl5 If you have trouble installing CGI.pm because you have insufficient access privileges to add to the perl library directory, you can still use CGI.pm. See the docs for details. This module works with NT, Windows, Macintosh and VMS servers, although it hasn't been tested as extensively as it should be. See the docs for notes on your particular platform. The documentation for these modules is part of the CGI.pm itself. It can be read using the pod2man and pod2html programs that come with perl5.001. To convert them into manual page format, type something like the following: pod2man CGI.pm > CGI.man For your convenience, there's a man page already compiled. The very verbose HTML document that is used for online documentation can also be found in cgi_docs.html. A collection of examples demonstrating various CGI features and techniques are in the directory "examples". Online documentation of for CGI.pm, and notifications of new versions can be found at: http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/ftp/pub/software/WWW/cgi_docs.html Many examples of CGI scripts of various degrees of complexity can be found at: http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/examples/Ch9/ Have fun, and let me know how it turns out! Lincoln D. Stein lstein@genome.wi.mit.edu