Thanks for the useful tip, I did manage to run the simple hello world program
thanks again On 2/9/06, John Bruin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Leif Ericksen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 10 February 2006 11:47 > > To: John Bruin > > Cc: 'Avinash Sridhar'; beginners@perl.org > > Subject: RE: Continuing the Basic Question > > > > On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 11:30 +1300, John Bruin wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Avinash Sridhar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: 10 February 2006 11:18 > > > > To: beginners@perl.org > > > > Subject: Continuing the Basic Question > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I installed ActivePerl, then wrote up a sample helloworld.pl > > > > script, stored it on the desktop, then ran this command > > from the cmd > > > > prompt. > > > > > > > > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator> perl C:\Documents and > > > > Settings\Administrator\Desktop\ helloworld.pl > > > > > > > > i.e., perl <path name>\ filename.pl (is this right?) > > > > > > > > I get this prompt from the interpreter > > > > > > > > Can't open perl script "hellowowrld.pl": No such file or directory > > > > > > > > What is it that I could be overlooking. > > > > > > > > Thanks for responses. > > > > > > > > > > Put quotes around the directory path ie "C:\Documents and > > > Settings\Administrator\Desktop\" > > > > > > HTH > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator> perl C:\Documents and > > > > Settings\Administrator\Desktop\ helloworld.pl > > > > I notice a space there also not sure of your actual command > > line included the space or if that is something that got put > > in for this message... As well spelling will count against > > you not sure if that was a typo in the message.. I know I > > make plenty of them myself. > > > > Yes, there should not be any space between path and filename > > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator> perl "C:\Documents and > Settings\Administrator\Desktop\helloworld.pl" > > John > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > >
