use AIX::Sysinfo; ... my $host = hostname(); # sub exported from module my $version = system_version(); # sub exported from module #### Use AIX::Sysinfo; ... my $sys = AIX::Sysinfo->new(); my $host = $sys->hostname(); #### use AIX::Sysinfo_var; # making this up my $hostname = $sysinfo_hash{hostname}; # making this up my $version = $sysinfo_hash{aix_version}; #### use AIX::Sysinfo_tie; ... tie %sysinfo, 'AIX::Sysinfo'; my $hostname = $sysinfo{hostname};