Charlie davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Please don't top-post
Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : : > Charlie davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : > : : > : What I was going by is a line of code in a book called : > : teacher yourself perl in 24 days. and all the book : > : said was to type in that line of code : > : c:\perl\bin\perl -w -e "print \"Hello, World!\n\";" : > : just like that into the command line. Is this wrong? : > : > No. This works fine when I use it in a DOS prompt : > window. : : That is what I keep getting told. But for some reason it : will not work on my dos prompt. And what I entered before : was copied and pasted into this newsgroup that is working : for everyone else. I must have something wrong with the : server that I am trying to us. I don't know what else it : could be. : : When I installed the perl program it also installed the : Apache program The server shouldn't matter. Are you using some flavor of Windows? The example was for Windows. Apache is not installed in the ActiveState Perl for Windows install. I assume you are using some other installation or that you are not on Windows. Can you confirm your operating system and where your install came from? Also, where is the perl executable located? HTH, Charles K. Clarkson -- Mobile Homes Specialist 254 968-8328 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>