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    15 February 1999        Jeffrey Baker &lt;jeffrey@kathyandjeffrey.net&gt;

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DESCRIPTION
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This is Apache::Session 0.99.5, a pre-release of 1.0.  There is almost
no documentation for this pre-release.  Sorry!  Here is the release schedule
for 1.0:

0.99.6: Network locking
0.99.7: Documentation
1.0: Bug squashing

These modules are used to keep persistent user data across http requests.
Apache::Session was designed for use with Apache and mod_perl, but works
just as well under CGI and any other web server.

Apache::Session is Copyright(c) 1998, 1999 Jeffrey William Baker
&lt;jeffrey@kathyandjeffrey.net&gt;.  Distribute under the Artistic License.

PREREQUISITES
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Build and install Perl (pref. 5.005_02), Apache (pref. 1.3.4) and mod_perl
(pref. 1.18).  To use Apache::Session at all, you must have the MD5 module,
available on CPAN (http://www.perl.com/CPAN).

Apache::Session::FileStore requires the Storable module and a writeable file-
system.

Apache::Session::DBI requires Storable, DBI, a working DBD, and a 
writable filesystem (for lock files).

INSTALLATION
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tar -xvzf Apache-Session-0.99.5.tar.gz
cd Apache-Session-0.99.5
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

Substitute "nmake" for "make" above if you are using Windows.

EXAMPLE
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Install eg/example.perl under your document root and run it.

AUTHORS
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Jeffrey Baker &lt;jeffrey@kathyandjeffrey.net&gt; is the author of 
Apache::Session.

Gerald Richter &lt;richter@ecos.de&gt; had the idea for a tied hash interface
and provded the initial code for it.  He also uses Apache::Session in
his Embperl module.

Jochen Wiedeman &lt;joe@ipsoft.de&gt; contributed patches for bugs and
improved performance.

Steve Shreeve &lt;shreeve@uci.edu&gt; squashed a bug in 0.99.0 whereby
a cleared hash or deleted key failed to set the modified bit.

Randy Harmon &lt;rjharmon@uptimecomputers.com&gt; contributed the original
storage-independent object interface with input from:

  Bavo De Ridder &lt;bavo@ace.ulyssis.student.kuleuven.ac.be&gt;
  Jules Bean &lt;jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk&gt;
  Lincoln Stein &lt;lstein@cshl.org&gt;


FURTHER INFORMATION:
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Apache   by Apache Group    comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
                            http://www.apache.org/
                            
mod_perl by Doug MacEachern modperl@apache.org
                            http://perl.apache.org/
                            
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