perl is installed on RHEL 4. I have checked all of the requirements, downloaded Delta.pm, created a directory in the LdapImport directory and placed Delta.pm in it, cd'ed to the LdapImport directory and executed this at the command line: perl -w LdapImport.pl here's what I got: [root at stretch <javascript:open_compose_win('to=root%40stretch&thismailbox=sent-mail');> LdapImport]# perl -w LdapImport.pl Unquoted string "html" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 2, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "rel" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 4, <DATA> line 225. Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 4, near ""stylesheet" href" (Missing operator before href?) Unquoted string "href" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 4, <DATA> line 225. Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 4, near ""/s/style.css" type" (Missing operator before type?) Unquoted string "type" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 4, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "title" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 6, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "search" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 6, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "cpan" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 6, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "org" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 6, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "information" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 6, <DATA> line 225. Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 7, near "</head" (Might be a runaway multi-line // string starting on line 6) (Missing operator before head?) Unquoted string "head" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 7, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "center" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 9, <DATA> line 225. Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 9, near "/a></div" (Missing operator before div?) Unquoted string "div" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 9, <DATA> line 225. Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 11, near "<a href="/">Home" (Missing operator before Home?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 12, near "· <a href="/author" (Might be a runaway multi-line // string starting on line 11) (Missing operator before author?) Unquoted string "author" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 12, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "recent" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 13, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 14, near "· <a href="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 13) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 14, near "· <a href="http" (Missing operator before http?) Unquoted string "http" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 14, <DATA> line 225. Warning: Use of "log" without parentheses is ambiguous at Log/Delta.pm line 14, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "perl" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 14, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "org" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 14, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "cpansearch" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 14, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "mirror" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 15, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 16, near "· <a href="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 15) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Unquoted string "faq" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 16, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "html" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 16, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 17, near "· <a href="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 16) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Unquoted string "feedback" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 17, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 19, near "<form method="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 17) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 19, near "<form method="get" (Missing operator before get?) Unquoted string "get" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 19, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 19, near "get" action="" Unquoted string "search" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 19, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 19, near "search" name="" Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 19, near "" name="f" (Missing operator before f?) Unquoted string "f" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 19, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 19, near "f" class="" Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 19, near "" class="searchbox" (Missing operator before searchbox?) Unquoted string "searchbox" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 19, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 20, near "<input type="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 19) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 20, near "<input type="text" (Missing operator before text?) Unquoted string "text" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 20, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 20, near "text" name="" Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 20, near "" name="query" (Missing operator before query?) Unquoted string "query" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 20, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 20, near "query" value="" String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 20, near "" value="" size="" (Missing operator before " size="?) Number found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 20, near "" size="35" (Missing operator before 35?) String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 21, near "<br>in <select name="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 20) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 21, near "<br>in <select name="mode" (Missing operator before mode?) Unquoted string "mode" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 21, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 22, near "<option value="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 21) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 22, near "<option value="all" (Missing operator before all?) Unquoted string "all" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 22, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 23, near "<option value="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 22) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 23, near "<option value="module" (Missing operator before module?) Unquoted string "module" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 23, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 24, near "<option value="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 23) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 24, near "<option value="dist" (Missing operator before dist?) Unquoted string "dist" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 24, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 25, near "<option value="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 24) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 25, near "<option value="author" (Missing operator before author?) Unquoted string "author" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 25, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 26, near "</select> <input type="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 25) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 26, near "</select> <input type="submit" (Missing operator before submit?) Unquoted string "submit" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 26, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 26, near "submit" value="" Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 26, near "" value="CPAN" (Missing operator before CPAN?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 30, near "<a name="_top" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 26) (Missing operator before _top?) String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 33, near "<a href="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 30) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Unquoted string "mlawren" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 33, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "mlawren" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 34, <DATA> line 225. Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 38, near "<div style="float" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 34) (Missing operator before float?) Unquoted string "float" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 38, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "right" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 38, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 38, near "right">Download: <a href="" Unquoted string "authors" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 38, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "id" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 38, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "tar" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 38, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "gz" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 38, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 39, near "<p><a href="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 38) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 39, near "<p><a href="http" (Missing operator before http?) Unquoted string "http" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 39, <DATA> line 225. Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 39, near "//www" (Missing operator before www?) Unquoted string "www" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 39, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "annocpan" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 39, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "org" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 39, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "lib" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 39, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "pm" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 39, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 42, near "<a href="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 39) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Unquoted string "src" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 42, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "lib" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 42, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "pm" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 42, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 44, near "<a name="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 42) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 44, near "<a name="___top" (Missing operator before ___top?) String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 67, near "name="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 44) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 67, near "name="NAME" String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 73, near "name="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 67) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 73, near "name="SYNOPSIS" String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 87, near "name="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 73) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 87, near "name="DESCRIPTION" String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 93, near "name="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 87) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 93, near "name="METHODS" String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 97, near "name="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 93) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 97, near "name="new" String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 103, near "name="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 97) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 103, near "name="l" String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 109, near "name="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 103) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 109, near "name="as_string" String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 115, near "name="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 109) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 115, near "name="REQUIRES" String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 118, near "<p><a href="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 115) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Unquoted string "perldoc" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 118, <DATA> line 225. Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 118, near "3A" (Missing operator before A?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 118, near "3AHiRes" (Missing operator before AHiRes?) String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 118, near "AHiRes" class="" Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 118, near "" class="podlinkpod" (Missing operator before podlinkpod?) Unquoted string "podlinkpod" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 118, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 122, near "name="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 118) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 122, near "name="SEE_ALSO" String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 125, near "<p>This module was written for the Rekudos framework: <a href="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 122) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 125, near "<p>This module was written for the Rekudos framework: <a href="http" (Missing operator before http?) Unquoted string "http" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 125, <DATA> line 225. Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 125, near "//rekudos" (Missing operator before rekudos?) Unquoted string "rekudos" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 125, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "net" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 125, <DATA> line 225. Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 125, near "" class="podlinkurl" (Missing operator before podlinkurl?) Unquoted string "podlinkurl" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 125, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 129, near "name="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 125) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 129, near "name="AUTHOR" String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 135, near "name="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 129) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Possible unintended interpolation of @null in string at Log/Delta.pm line 129, <DATA> line 225. Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 135, near "name="COPYRIGHT_AND_LICENSE" String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 146, near "<div class="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 135) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 146, near "<div class="footer" (Missing operator before footer?) Unquoted string "footer" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 146, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 147, near "hosted by <a href="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 146) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 147, near "hosted by <a href="http" (Do you need to predeclare hosted?) Unquoted string "http" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 147, <DATA> line 225. Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 147, near "//www" (Missing operator before www?) Unquoted string "www" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 147, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "perl" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 147, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "org" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 147, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "siteinfo" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 147, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "html" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 147, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 148, near "<a href="" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 147) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 148, near "<a href="http" (Missing operator before http?) Unquoted string "http" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 148, <DATA> line 225. Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 148, near "//www" (Missing operator before www?) Unquoted string "www" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 148, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "bizrate" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 148, <DATA> line 225. Unquoted string "com" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 148, <DATA> line 225. String found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 148, near "com"><img src="" Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 148, near "s/img/bizrate_logo.png"></a" Unquoted string "a" may clash with future reserved word at Log/Delta.pm line 148, <DATA> line 225. Number found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 150, near "8 21" (Missing operator before 21?) Number found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 150, near "08 2005" (Missing operator before 2005?) Bareword found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 150, near "2005 GMT" (Missing operator before GMT?) Array found where operator expected at Log/Delta.pm line 150, at end of line (Missing operator before ?) Search pattern not terminated at Log/Delta.pm line 152, <DATA> line 225. Compilation failed in require at LdapConnectionManager.pm line 64, <DATA> line 225. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at LdapConnectionManager.pm line 64, <DATA> line 225. Compilation failed in require at LdapImport.pl line 34, <DATA> line 225. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at LdapImport.pl line 34, <DATA> line 225. Del wrote: > Steve Strong wrote: > >> ... seems harder than I thought. I can't get Ldapimport to do >> anything and it doesn't display any errors and the old fedora 4 > > > What do you mean "do anything"? > > The first question it asks you is "Log file name [LdapImport.log] ?". Do > you get that far or does it crash before then? > > It sounds like you may not have perl installed. What sort of system are > you running on? > -- Steve Strong Math and Computer Science Washington High School 2205 Forest Dr. SE Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 http://crwash.org mailto:sstrong at crwash.org