What is the setting of your PATH environment variable? $ echo $PATH
Does it include the directory that contains your perl binaries? You can set your PATH (and other bash shell environment variables) in your .profile (aka, ~/.profile) so that it will be set each time you start a bash shell. Have you considered downloading the Cygwin perl package and using it instead? > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Desjardins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 4:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Executing Perl from the Cygwin command line > > > Does anyone know how to configure Cygwin to execute Perl code > from the command line? > > I installed Cygwin on Windows 2000. It works very well. I > also have ActivePerl installed. It works well too. > > If I type perl -e 'print "Hello World";' on the Cygwin > command line, the response is "bash: perl: command not found". > > I've searched the archives and several sites but can't find a > starting point. Can anyone direct me to some relevant documentation? > > Thanks. > > Peter Desjardins > The Oak Group > (781) 943-2259 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
