{"id":163,"date":"2017-12-12T20:49:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T01:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundrysites.com\/?page_id=163"},"modified":"2017-12-12T20:59:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T01:59:35","slug":"infra20-script-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sundrysites.com\/index.php\/home-info\/infra20-project\/infra20-script-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Infra20 Script Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WINDOWS. I tested it on an old XP SP3 system, but there&#8217;s no reason it shouldn&#8217;t work on something newer. It will not work on any UNIX variant. The port probably wouldn&#8217;t be that difficult, but I have no easy way to test it.<\/p>\n<p>PERL. You have to have a Perl interpreter installed, as what I have are perl scripts. I used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.activestate.com\/\">ActiveState&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.activestate.com\/activeperl\">activeperl<\/a>, the free &#8220;community&#8221; version. 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That adds up pretty quickly, about 35 MB per day, or 1 gig per month.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sundrysites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/infra-listing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-164 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sundrysites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/infra-listing-300x83.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sundrysites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/infra-listing-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sundrysites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/infra-listing.jpg 557w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Infra20 Directory Listing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Internet access<\/b> is almost a requirement, unless you want to carry all the software over on a CD or a thumb drive. 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