RE: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread Timothy Johnson
scripts on Windows > > On Win2K, from the command line, the she-bang means absolutely nothing. > > It's not until you try to run it from a server that the she-bang comes > > into play... I think it is the same across all win32 platforms... > > The previous op was corr

Re: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread Shawn
> > On Win2K, from the command line, the she-bang means absolutely nothing. > > It's not until you try to run it from a server that the she-bang comes > > into play... I think it is the same across all win32 platforms... > > The previous op was correct. The first line is parsed for switches, un

Re: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread Todd Wade
Dave K wrote: > Anadi, > Thanks, but not really... > The > #!D:\Perl|bin\perl -w > is ignored in windows - the key is the file association... dont forget... not ignored... the line is parsed for switches > I am not familar with the <% %> syntax (Mason or mod_perl perhaps??), The That is ho

RE: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread Todd Wade
Nikola Janceski wrote: > Something I just found out. > I use NT 4 sp 6, Activestate perl 5.6.1. > I create a cmd file for all my perlscripts that have a line > > c:/full/path/to/perl c:/path/to/script.pl > Im just guessing, but it seems like this could throw your environment way out of whack.

Re: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread Todd Wade
Shawn wrote: >> Hey learn, >> >> My MUA believes you used (X-Mailer not set) >> to write the following on Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 2:49:32 PM. >> >> lp> use #!d:\perl\bin\perl.exe -w >> >> lp> on top of your script >> >> As I recall, the #! in Windows only uses the switches (-w). >> >> So >

RE: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread Nikola Janceski
age- > From: Shawn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:20 PM > To: Tim Musson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: running perl scripts on Windows > > > > Hey learn, > > > > My MUA believes you used (X-Mailer not set) > > to write the foll

Re: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread Shawn
> Hey learn, > > My MUA believes you used (X-Mailer not set) > to write the following on Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 2:49:32 PM. > > lp> use #!d:\perl\bin\perl.exe -w > > lp> on top of your script > > As I recall, the #! in Windows only uses the switches (-w). > > So > #!perl -w > is the same a

Re: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread Tim Musson
Hey learn, My MUA believes you used (X-Mailer not set) to write the following on Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 2:49:32 PM. lp> use #!d:\perl\bin\perl.exe -w lp> on top of your script As I recall, the #! in Windows only uses the switches (-w). So #!perl -w is the same as #!d:\perl\bin\perl -w Can

RE: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread learn perl
use #!d:\perl\bin\perl.exe -w on top of your script eric On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, A Taylor wrote: > Hi > > >what happens when you try to run a script from commmand line? is the perl > >executable in your path? > > No - the error I get is: > example.pl is not recognised as an internal or external c

Re: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread A Taylor
Tim, Thanks a lot for this.. Thanks to you and a few others on this list I now have Perl running properly on my server !!! Well - guess I can kiss the Summer goodbye .. ha ha ;-) Thanks again Anadi >Not sure what happened, every time I have installed, ActiveState >updated the path. Whe

Re: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread Dave K
g perl on windows 2000 ? > > Thanks a lot for your help, really really appreciated !! > > All the best > > Anadi > > > >From: "David Kirol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "A Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: runn

RE: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread A Taylor
! All the best Anadi >From: "David Kirol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "A Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: running perl scripts on Windows >Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:11:27 -0400 > >Anadi, > Great! Choose your favorite editor,

Re: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread A Taylor
Hi Tim, > >You installed ActivePerl on a windows server right? Did you accept the >defaults? Yes - ActivePerl has been installed on my server and I accepted the defaults. >When you typed perl -v were you at the _server's_ console cmd prompt? yes >What do you get if you type 'path' at a cmd

RE: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread A Taylor
s will allow command line parameters to be passed to your perl >scripts. > >Open a dos window and try: > >perl -e ' > >print"It worked\n";' > > > >Let me know how you make out > >-David > >-Original Message- > >From: A Tayl

Re: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread Tim Musson
Hey A, My MUA believes you used (X-Mailer not set) to write the following on Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 10:41:41 AM. AT> Hi Tim, thanks for your help, >>My MUA believes you used (X-Mailer not set) >>to write the following on Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 9:55:51 AM. AT> what is MUA ? Mail User

Re: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread Tim Musson
Hey A, My MUA believes you used (X-Mailer not set) to write the following on Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 9:55:51 AM. AT> Hi >>what happens when you try to run a script from commmand line? is the perl >>executable in your path? AT> No - the error I get is: AT> example.pl is not recognised as an i

RE: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread Ron Powell
Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: running perl scripts on Windows > > > Hi > > >what happens when you try to run a script from commmand line? is the > >perl exec

RE: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread A Taylor
Hi >what happens when you try to run a script from commmand line? is the perl >executable in your path? No - the error I get is: example.pl is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file How to I make D:\Perl\bin part of my path ?

RE: running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread Kipp, James
> 2) The second problem I am up against is: It says in the > setup procedure (at > www.activestate.com) that I should be able to run perl > scripts from my > command prompt ? I dont seem to be able to do this. what happens when you try to run a script from commmand line? is the perl exec

running perl scripts on Windows

2002-06-18 Thread A Taylor
Hi all, I am runing a windows 2000 server and I have just installed perl that I got from ActiveState.com. I have been playing and have come up against a few problems. 1) It seems that writing perl scripts with embedded HTML is more like writing 'Microsoft Active Server Pages' in Perl, using <%