Re: .exe is mandatory :-(

2003-09-09 Thread R. Joseph Newton
Paul Kraus wrote: > This brings up an interesting oddity that I have on my windows install. > I can execute a script by just calling it > > Myscript.pl > > This works however if I need to pass arguments on the command line then it > fails. I have to call it like this > > perl myscript.pl a

RE: .exe is mandatory :-(

2003-09-08 Thread Paul Kraus
? -Original Message- From: R. Joseph Newton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 7:49 PM To: Jenda Krynicky Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: .exe is mandatory :-( Jenda Krynicky wrote: > From: Shishir Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I just installed p

Re: .exe is mandatory :-(

2003-09-08 Thread R. Joseph Newton
Jenda Krynicky wrote: > From: Shishir Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I just installed perl and I don't know what settings I fiddled with, > > but now on Windows Command Prompt I am unable to execute perl scripts > > with somthing like, "perl test.pl" rather I have to do "perl.exe > > test.pl"

Re: .exe is mandatory :-(

2003-09-08 Thread R. Joseph Newton
Shishir Saxena wrote: > I just installed perl and I don't know what settings I fiddled with, I trust that YOU did not fiddle with any settings. Fiddling with nsettings is agood recipe for making a Perl installation fail--especially if you do not know which ones you changed. If you are working o

Re: .exe is mandatory :-(

2003-09-08 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: Shishir Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I just installed perl and I don't know what settings I fiddled with, > but now on Windows Command Prompt I am unable to execute perl scripts > with somthing like, "perl test.pl" rather I have to do "perl.exe > test.pl" same for any application ... ever