Perl On Win 98

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Re: Perl On Win 98 by mkmcconn (Chaplain) on Jan 05, 2002 at 09:54 UTC
pl2bat is a simple way to wrap your perl scripts in a batch file. c:\> pl2bat perlscript.pl produces a batch file that can be called as 'perlscript' from the command line. Comes as part of the ActiveState distribution. Read the pod for warnings, limitations and disadvantages as well as options available. mkmcconn added a helpful link.	[reply]
Re: Perl On Win 98 by talexb (Chancellor) on Jan 05, 2002 at 09:28 UTC
Hmm .. I'm currently on Win98 and have ActiveState installed and running fine. However, except for a few Rebuild This Web Site scripts, I run everything from the command line (actually, a 4DOS prompt, but a regular command line would work fine too). Open up a command line session and type path and see what you get. I get `PATH=C:\PERL\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\4DOS402;C:\PROGRAM F +ILES\MTS` [download] from my 4DOS session (and I get the same thing in my MD-DOS prompt -- I just checked). What do you get? (Hint: You should have C:\PERL\BIN somewhere in the path -- if not, that's the problem you should be solving.) With \PERL\BIN in your path you should be able to run your scripts from a command line. In fact, you should be able to run perl -v to find out your version level of Perl. (I get 5.6.0, build 616 from ActiveState, so I guess I'm up to date.) When I do run scripts from my desktop I enclose them in a BAT file that contains one line: `c:\perl\bin\perl -w txtproc.pl` [download] I include the path so I don't have to worry about how the PATH is set. It's not the coolest solution -- running the Perl script would be cooler -- I probably ran into the same problem that you did and decided (after five minutes of fiddling) to work around it instead of solving the problem. TMTOWTDI. --t. alex "Excellent. Release the hounds." -- Monty Burns.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Perl On Win 98 by mrbbking (Hermit) on Jan 05, 2002 at 08:28 UTC
At the command prompt type this: `perl hello.pl` Your script is just a text file, it's not executable.	[reply]
Re: Re: Perl On Win 98 by thunders (Priest) on Jan 09, 2002 at 21:52 UTC
Your script is just a text file, it's not executable. I'd have to disagree with that statement. Yes, it is a text file, but on most flavors of windows, the file association should be made when perl is installed(this is true with an ActiveState Installer). This file will not be opened by a text editor if clicked. It will be opened by "perl"(right clicking will present other options). Therefore on a command prompt: `C:\>myscript.pl` [download] should work. It also means that double clicking on a file will open a command prompt and cause the program to be executed by the perl interpreter "perl.exe". if this is not the case you can set associations up in: My Computer->View->Options...->File Types of course `perl myscript.pl` is preferable becase it allows you to specify all the nifty command line options	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Re: Perl On Win 98 by mrbbking (Hermit) on Jan 10, 2002 at 17:55 UTC
thunders - you're completely correct about how the ActiveState installer associates the 'pl' extension with perl.exe by default. But that's not the same thing as making files with a 'pl' extension truly executable. Notice that Paul says he tried typing the script name at the DOS prompt and got a "bad command or filename" in response. Double-clicking the file in Windows Explorer causes the filename to be sent to the perl.exe program, which then tries to parse and execute the code in the file. On my Windows machine, the command that Explorer issues when I double-click on a .pl file is this: `C:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe "%1" %` [download] You mentioned the Windows 'File Types' dialog - while you're there, find 'Perl file', click 'Edit' - select the 'Action' called 'open' and click 'Edit'. Here's where you'll see that command line.	[reply] [d/l]


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