Requirements for client
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Prerequisites
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1. Perl Installation 
2. A CABIE server to communicate with
3. FreezeThaw package from CPAN or other Perl repository

Installation
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1.  Windows

    a.  Install ActiveState perl from http://www.activestate.com
    b.  Install FreezeThaw from ActievState using the following command:
    
        ppm install FreezeThaw

2.  Unix (Posix)

    a.  Install Perl version 5.6 or greater
    b.  Install FreezeThaw from CPAN using the CPAN module:

        perl -MCPAN -e shell
        follow prompts to configure CPAN
        install FreezeThaw

    c.  Change the line '#!/usr/local/bin/perl' in build.pl to
        point to the location of your perl binary
    d.  chmod 755 build.pl

Test your configuration by typing 'perl -c build.pl'

Usage
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To use the CABIE command line utility you can set an environment variable
called BLDSERVER as follows:

    1. Windows
       
       set BLDSERVER=servername:port

    2. UNIX

       export BLDSERVER=servername:port
 
Run the build.pl script as follows:

    1. Windows

       build.pl commands

    2. ./build.pl commands

build.pl on it's own will provide usage information.