Perl modules used in BaBar software

Modules listed as 'Standard' are included in the perl distribution and do not need to be installed, they are part of the perl installation. Modules listed as 'added' need to be installed beyond the perl installation to use the required package. Modules listed as 'BaBar' are perl modules which are part of the BaBar software, and should be part of the package.

The best place to find information on the added modules, documentation and how to install, is a CPAN site. Search for the modules at The CPAN Search Site.

Module Name	Perl standard, added module, Babar module:	Package Used:	Notes:
BaBar::SQL	Babar	ProdTools, SkimTools, ebook, OprUtils, OprManager	also needs DBI module
Carp	Standard	OprUtils, BbkTools
CGI	Standard	ProdTools, ebook
CGI::Carp	Standard	OprUtils
CGI::Multiple	added	OprUtils
Chart::GnuPlot	added	ProdTools, ebook, OprUtils	not used anymore for ProdTools and ebook
Cwd	Standard	ProdTools, SkimTools, OprUtils, BbkTools
DBI	added	ProdTools, SkimTools, OprHPSS, OprManager, BbkTools	at slac this also will need DBD::Oracle module, except for Bbk packages
Date::Calc	added	OprUtils, OprManager, BbkTools
Env	Standard	OprFarmDaemon, OprManager
Fcntl	Standard	OprHPSS, OprManager
File::Basename	Standard	ProdTools, SkimTools, ebook, OprUtils, OprFarmDaemon, OprManager, BbkTools
File::Copy	Standard	ProdTools
File::Find	Standard	SkimTools
File::stat	Standard	ProdTools
FileHandle	Standard	ProdTools, OprHPSS, OprManager
Filesys::Df	added	ProdTools, SkimTools, BbkTools
Getopt::Long	Standard	ProdTools, SkimTools, ebook, OprUtils, OprManager, BbkTools
Getopt::Std	Standard	OprUtils, OprFarmDaemon, OprManager
HTML::CalendarMonth	added	ebook
HTML::ElementTable	added	ebook
IO::Handle	Standard	SkimTools, OprUtils
IO::Socket	Standard	OprManager
IPC::Open2	Standard	OprManager
locale	Standard	ProdTools
MIME::Entity	added	ebook
Net::daemon	added	ProdTools	only needed at slac
Net::hostent	Standard	OprManager
POSIX	Standard	OprHPSS
RPC::PlClient	added	ProdTools	needed for remote production
RPC::PlServer	added	ProdTools	only needed at slac
SkimUtils	BaBar	SkimTools	part of SkimTools package
Storable	added	ProdTools	need >v1.0, and bugs found in v1.0.6
Term::ReadKey	added	OprManager
Term::ReadLine	standard	BbkTools	other modules can add functions to this one, see CPAN
Text::ParseWords	added	BbkTools	not needed for all funtions, check package
Text::Wrap	Standard	ProdTools
Time::Local	Standard	SkimTools, BbkTools
Time::localtime	Standard	ebook
Tk	added	OprUtils
Tk::FileSelect	added	OprUtils