changing .cpan location

From: "Robert Hicks" <sigzero@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 31 Mar 2006 10:27:29 -0800

I just inherited a Unix server. I would like to change the location of
the .cpan directory to somewhere else besides / for "root".

Can I make .cpan a link to somewhere else without hurting the Perl
installed?

Robert

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