> -----Original Message-----
> From: James G Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 11:20 AM
> To: Sam Xie
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: What is *.xs file?
>
>
> Sam Xie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Umm this list is for perl as a module in apache
> >> not modules for perl...
> >>
> >Yes! It is for a perl module in apache. I am going to write
> a perl module,
> >which is capable to read a name list file in AFS for
> authenticattion and
> >authorization. That's why I am studying on this issue.
> >Thanks for your help!
> >Sam
>
> I would start with `man h2xs' (only a start), and get
> _Programming Perl_,
> which talks about it some, as does _The Perl Cookbook_, I
> believe. Then
> there's the perlmodlib, perlxs, and perlxstut man pages. The
> first covers
> writing perl modules, the second covers the xs interface, and
> the last is a
> tutorial. After those, you might want to read perlguts (man
> page covering the
> internal functions within perl). I haven't read through all
> these, but they
> would be my first place to look.
perlmonth.com had a rather nice set of XS articles starting in issue 6
issue 10 has links to all of them:
http://www.perlmonth.com/columns/modules/modules.html?issue=10
--Geoff
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> James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 979-862-3725
> Texas A&M CIS Operating Systems Group, Unix
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