Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:28:17 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: for perl wizards. Message-ID: <4ACF0231.5010801@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20091009083516.GA60096@thought.org> References: <20091009083516.GA60096@thought.org>
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