Hi Brandon, Actually I'm able to run the script from the DOS prompt with "perl script.pl". It might be a permissions problem in Windows 7...
But, can you please tell me how to compile the .pl script to .exe in windows, with Strawberry? Which command should I use? I'm not familiar with this release... Kind regards, Miguel Fernandes On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Brandon McCaig <bamcc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rui: > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Rui Fernandes <rui.kep...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > Hello: > > > I'm having a problem compiling a perl script to run in my windows 7 32 > bits > > environment. It compiles with Perl Dev Kit from active state, but when I > run > > it (in the command line of dos) it just freezes - no anwer. The > compilation > > gives no error. Does anyone knows why this might be happening? > > Ordinarily Perl programs are compiled just before they are run. How > are you attempting to run it? I am not familiar with ActiveState's > "Perl Dev Kit" (and I imagine many of us wouldn't be). I imagine > ActiveState has a support channel though so you could try directing > your problem to them. > > Normally to run a Perl program you would just pass the path of the > perl script to the perl executable: > > C:\Users\bambams\src> perl myscript.pl > Hello World! > > C:\Users\bambams\src> > > In *nix environments you can use a shebang line (the #! line at the > beginning of a script) combined with an executable bit to execute the > script directly and have the system execute the interpreter for you: > > bambams@home ~/src$ ./myscript.pl > Hello World! > > bambams@home ~/src$ > > In Windows, it might work similarly if there is a file association > setup for the .pl file extension. To be safe and consistent it is > easiest to just invoke the perl executable manually as in the first > example. > > Does any of this help you to understand the problem? Is ActiveState's > "dev kit" actually attempting to assemble a self-contained .exe with > your Perl program and the perl interpreter (ignore this suggestion > entirely if it's gibberish to you)? > > I support the suggestion to give Strawberry Perl a try. It's assembled > with free (as in speech) software and contains everything you need to > build and install most Windows-compatible CPAN modules. > > Regards, > > > -- > Brandon McCaig <bamcc...@gmail.com> <bamb...@castopulence.org> > Castopulence Software <https://www.castopulence.org/> > Blog <http://www.bambams.ca/> > perl -E '$_=q{V zrna gur orfg jvgu jung V fnl. }. > q{Vg qbrfa'\''g nyjnlf fbhaq gung jnl.}; > tr/A-Ma-mN-Zn-z/N-Zn-zA-Ma-m/;say' > -- *Rui Miguel Fernandes* *Porto - Portugal* *Website: Cosmos - Portal Interactivo de Astronomia / Interactive Gate of Astronomyhttp://www.cosmos.pt <http://www.cosmos.pt>*
