Problem with startup file

[John Michael]

I'm getting this error while trying to start apache with my perl startup file.   ######################   String found where operator expected at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cwd.pm line 373, near "carp "stat($start): $!""         (Do you need to predeclare carp?) String found where operator expected at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cwd.pm line 384, near "carp "opendir($dotdots): $!""         (Do you need to predeclare carp?) String found where operator expected at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cwd.pm line 389, near "carp "stat($dotdots): $!""         (Do you need to predeclare carp?) String found where operator expected at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cwd.pm line 403, near "carp "readdir($dotdots): $!""         (Do you need to predeclare carp?) String found where operator expected at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cwd.pm line 428, near "croak "Cannot chdir to $path: $!""         (Do you need to predeclare croak?) String found where operator expected at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cwd.pm line 431, near "croak "Cannot chdir back to $cwd: $!""         (Do you need to predeclare croak?) [Fri Nov 07 22:17:33 2003] [error] syntax error at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cwd.pm line 373, near "carp "stat($start): $!""!syntax error at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cwd.pm line 384, near "carp "opendir($dotdots): $!""!syntax error at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cwd.pm line 389, near "carp "stat($dotdots): $!""!syntax error at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cwd.pm line 403, near "carp "readdir($dotdots): $!""!syntax error at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cwd.pm line 428, near "croak "Cannot chdir to $path: $!""!syntax error at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cwd.pm line 431, near "croak "Cannot chdir back to $cwd: $!""!BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cwd.pm line 515.!Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/File/Spec/Unix.pm line 8.!BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/File/Spec/Unix.pm line 8.!Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/File/Spec.pm line 20.!Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/CGI//Carp.pm line 266.!BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/CGI//Carp.pm line 266.!Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/CGI.pm line 3.!BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/CGI.pm line 3.!Compilation failed in require at /etc/httpd/conf/perl/startup.pl line 25.!BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /etc/httpd/conf/perl/startup.pl line 25.!Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 1.! #####################   Any help. Thanks John Michael