Perldoc

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Perldoc

anyone else having trouble using the 'perldoc' utility since upgrading to snow leopard (perl 5.10)?

I get the following error when I try to view any perldoc.

-bash: /usr/bin/perldoc: Permission denied

MBP 15.4, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Sep 9, 2009 5:42 PM

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Answer 1

etresoft

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Sep 10, 2009 9:48 AM in response to fletchnj

Nope. It works fine for me. Of course, since this is a .X release, I did a clean install.

What do your permissions on /usr/bin/perldoc look like? Maybe you should repair them.

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Answer 2

Bill Scott

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Sep 10, 2009 12:26 PM in response to fletchnj

Works fine for me on a computer that hasn't had a "clean" install.

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Answer 3

Sep 12, 2009 5:44 AM in response to fletchnj

Same problem here. To solve this, open the Terminal and enter:

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/perldoc

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Answer 4

etresoft

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Sep 12, 2009 9:16 AM in response to BadgerWithSpoon

If something like this is screwed up, probably repairing permissions is a good idea. That would fix Perldoc and any number of other things that may be screwed up too.

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Answer 5

Nov 4, 2009 7:32 AM in response to fletchnj

I am seeing the same problem on a clean install of Mac OS X Server 10.6.1 (Snow Leopard Server).

$ perldoc perldoc
/usr/bin/perldoc: Permission denied

I also get this message when Im a local admin:

$ perldoc perldoc
"/tmp/7hP7hSQyor" may be a binary file. See it anyway?

I have repaired permissions from the command line and rebooted already.

sudo diskutil repairPermissions /

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