Technically, the shebang line doesn't mean anything special in Windows, with one small exception: any command-line switches like -w you put in the shebang line will be applied to the script. But these are rarely necessary, since there is usually a pragma (use warnings, in this case) that you can use instead. Maybe someone can think of another case that proves me wrong.
Really, though, the two things you need in Windows to run a perl script is: 1) Install ActivePerl from ActiveState. You can compile other distributions of Perl, but this is the version that works the best and has the most usage in the Win32 Perl community, so if you run into some Win32-specific issues, it helps to be on the same distribution. Also, it comes with the Perl Package Manager, which will allow you to find modules and install them without needing a compiler and having to wade through the billions of modules on CPAN if you know exactly what you want. 2) Just add a .pl extension to your Perl scripts and you're ready to go (assuming you've done #1) C) This one is just for Perl in general. If you're not already doing it, 'use warnings' and 'use strict'. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Perl Windows question Hi, In any unix system, I know that I need to type #!/usr/bin/perl or #!/usr/local/bin/perl for my perl scripts to execute. What is needed for windows? #!c:\somepath\perl maybe? Phillip Bruce ISC Consultant, System Architect Location: Dublin, CA * Cell: 408-476-8658 * Office: 925-560-7853 AIM: OkieUnix -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
