On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 12:57:22 -0400 , Shawn H Corey wrote: > On 12-06-02 12:23 PM, sono...@fannullone.us wrote: > > Is it possible to use a shebang line, like #!/usr/bin/env perl, so > > that scripts will use the currently selected version of Perl with > > perlbrew? According to the help, it appears that perlbrew only > > changes the version for the CLI: > > > > > >COMMAND: SWITCH > > Usage: perlbrew switch [<name> ] > > > > Switch to the given version, and makes it the default for this and all > > future terminal sessions. > > > > > > Right now, I'm hardcoding the version of Perl in my scripts, like: > > > >#!/Users/marc/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.16.0/bin/perl > > > >but it's an inconvenience to change the shebang line in all my > >scripts just to try a different version. It would be nice if > >perlbrew took care of that as well. > > > > It seems like it should do this automatically, so maybe I don't have > > something set up correctly, but googling hasn't helped. > > > >Thanks, > >Marc > > I don't know anything inside perlbrew that will help, but you could do this: > > sudo ln -s /Users/marc/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.16.0/bin/perl > /usr/local//bin/perl > > Then change your shebangs to: #!/usr/local/bin/perl > > This has the advantage of not having to run your profile to get the > correct version of perl and when you upgrade, you just have to change > the symlink to upgrade all your scripts.
And the disadvantage of clobbering whatever's in /usr/local/bin/perl, defeating the point of perlbrew in the first place. Don't do that. Yes, the `#!/usr/bin/env perl` shebang should do. I've used it with perlbrew myself. -- Chris Nehren | Coder, Sysadmin, Masochist Shadowcat Systems Ltd. | http://shadowcat.co.uk/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
