* zzapper (2004-03-17 10:44 +0100) > On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 23:39:58 +0100, wrote: >>* Martin Gainty (2004-03-16 21:56 +0100) >>> How does one associate CYGWIN Perl with .pl extensions within CYGWIN >>> environment? >> >> Same as in the Windows environment: "ftype" in connection with "assoc" >> (or more convenient with "associate" from the ResourceKit). >> > On MKS I used to have this in a setup script .profile > > (ftype is builtin to Windows Command) > > ftype Perl 'c:/usr/local/bin/perl.exe "%1" %*' > > The advantage of FTYPE is that it allows you to specify which Perl you > want used (when you might have several installed, and also to ignore > the shebang which might be set for a distant server
The /disadvantage/ of "ftype" is that you cannot use it on its own. First you have to create an association between the extension and a "file type" with "assoc" and then an association between the file type and the executable. "associate" let's you skip the first step. > Better I could use Windows Environment variable PATHEXT > >>echo $PATHEXT > .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.php;.pl > > so that I could call a perl script hello.pl > > just with "hello" > > Haven't got this to work with CYG I don't think this can be done. Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
