On Thu 17 Jul 2008 at 10:18:22 AM -0700, John W. Krahn wrote:
> George Georgalis wrote:
>> Okay perl idiot here...
>> use: not found
>> /usr/local/script/contrib/maildirsync.pl: 20: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
>>
>> (nb: "use: not found:") humm, well this is line 19-21
>>
>> use File::Basename;
>> use File::Copy qw(copy move);
>> use File::Path qw(mkpath);
>>
>> I do have a nice /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.8.0/File/Copy.pm installed...
>> and am using cooresponding /usr/pkg/bin/perl
>>
>> what could be the problem?
>
> perldoc perldiag
>
> [ snip ]
>
> %s: Command not found
> (A) You?ve accidentally run your script through csh instead of
> Perl. Check the #! line, or manually feed your script into Perl
> yourself.
>
> [ snip ]
>
> %s: not found
> (A) You?ve accidentally run your script through the Bourne shell
> instead of Perl. Check the #! line, or manually feed your
> script into Perl yourself.
>
>
>
> Make sure that the very first line of your program is:
>
> #!/usr/pkg/bin/perl
>
oh excellent, thanks.
I had a typo in my 'which perl' command :)
// George
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