  This directory contains the source code and makefiles
for building an INTLIB-like LINTER interface for PERL.


           To build the LINTER interface with perl.

1. Execute the 'configure' file from the distribution kit root directory
      (unless you have done this before).

2. Set LINTER_HOME to kit root directory RDBMS Linter.

3. Execute perl Makefile.PL

4. Execute the 'make -f Makefile' command.

5. Execute the 'make -f Makefile install' command as root.

  If make has been completed without errors, the LinPerl.so and
LinPerl.pm files will be created and put into perl directory. LINTER
interface is ready to use.


          To build the LINTER interface with ready makefile.


1. Execute the 'configure' file from the distribution kit root directory
      (unless you have done this before).

2. Change the directory to perl.

3. Execute the 'make' command.

  If make has been completed without errors, the LinPerl.so and
LinPerl.pm files will be created in the bin directory of the LINTER
distribution kit. It is assumed that PERL is already installed in your
system.

  To be able to use the interface, add the bin directory path to the PERL5LIB
environment variable, or copy the LinPerl.so and Lin.Perl.pm files from the
bin directory to one of the PERL library directories. To obtain the complete
list of PERL library directories, use the 'perl -V' command. Third way
install this interface is to execute command 'make plinstall'.


              To use the LINTER interface.


  The following line should be added to the perl program Before using any
LINTER call functions:
use LinPerl;

  To get the information about the interface functions, use the command
'perldoc LinPerl'.

  To make sure that the interface is working properly, you can execute the
samples from the samples/perl directory of the LINTER distribution. All
samples use the demo database of the LINTER distribution kit.
