Nagiosgraph 1.0.0 Offers New Approaches
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more »Perl: Retouching Photos Retouching with Perl
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more »Perl: Call Waiting Alternative call waiting service with Perl
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more »Perl: Perl Debugger Digging down into Perl hood with the debugger
Jul 11, 2008The Perl interpreter, perl, doesn’t often crash, but if it happens, not even the excellent Perl debugger will be able to help you.
more »Perl: Monitoring MAC Addresses Monitoring LAN devices with Perl
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more »Perl: Linux-based Gardening Do-it-yourself, Perl-controlled irrigation system
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more »Perl: X10 Module A remote control to reset your router
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more »Perl: Optical Character Recognition Do-it-yourself OCR with Perl modules
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