At 05:20 PM 4/27/2002 -0700, drieux wrote: >>That's because the shebang line is ignored when you prefix the script with >>the perl command. > >you are correct - but I prefer to assert it the other way around, > >when the perl interpretor is invoked with a file - it reads and >executes the perl way - hence #<foo> is parsed as comment and is >irrelevant.
Beep, no. Observe: $ perl #!/foo/bar/perl -T Too late for "-T" option at - line 1. The line is *not* ignored. The path is ignored, but the options are still read out and set. Another demonstration of this: $ perl #!/foo/bar/perl -w print Use of uninitialized value in print at - line 2. ^D $ perl print ^D $ Peter Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.perldebugged.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
