If you want to see what your script is outputting when you double-click on
the icon, you will a) need a longer script, or b) need to put a line like
"<STDIN>;", which will make the script wait for input, or "sleep 5;", which
will make it wait for 5 seconds after it is done. Otherwise your perl
installation seems to be configured appropriately for W2k. Also, make sure
you are in the same directory as example.pl. One last thing to check: If
you created the file with notepad, did you do a "save as" and choose the
file type of "all files"? You may have a file called example.pl.txt. But
that doesn't jive with the file opening and then closing later when you
double-click on the icon, so I don't think that's your problem.
-----Original Message-----
From: cory
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 7/16/02 6:33 AM
Subject: Still Can't get perl to work on Win2K Pro PC
when I type perl example.pl at the C:\>command prompt I get this
message: cannot open perl script "example.pl": No such file or
directory. When I go to the folder that example.pl is located and double
click on it opens for about 1/4 of a second that automatically closes.
when I type PATH at the C:\> command prompt I get
PATH=D:\Perl\bin\; I still can't even run a simple print ("Hello\n");
from the C:\>command prompt. where is what I type
#!D:\Perl\bin\;
print ("Hello\n");
then I press enter and nothing happens but a carriage return
Cory Moore
Campaign Manager
Pat Ahumada for Congress
www.patforcongress.com
www.americanvirtue.com
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