Chapter 20. The Perl client module

Table of Contents

Installation
Classes and their functions
RefDBClient::Risdata
RefDBClient::Simplelist
RefDBClient::Enigma
RefDBClient::Client

While the C clients shipped with RefDB are quite versatile and scriptable, you may have a desire to bypass these clients and write scripts that directly talk to the RefDB server. The separately available RefDBClient::Client Perl module implements the client/server communication necessary to run all commands offered by the C clients from a Perl script.

Installation

Like with most Perl modules, the following command sequence will install the Perl module on your system

      ~$ 
      perl Makefile.PL
    
      ~$ 
      make
    
      ~$ 
      make install
    

Note

You need root permissions to run the last command on most systems.