C:\Documents is not recognised as an internal or external command, program or batchfile.

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Re: C:\Documents is not recognised as an internal or external command, program or batchfile.
by jimbojones (Friar) on Apr 14, 2005 at 18:37 UTC

C:\Documents and Settings\BioGeek\Perl\bin\perl.exe <some arguments>
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"C:\Documents and Settings\BioGeek\Perl\bin\perl.exe" <some arguments>
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sub perl {
    my($self) = @_;
    my($perl) = File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute($^X) ? $^X : "";
    #### JJ Comment - on my machine $^X is "C:\program files\perl\bin\
+perl.exe
    #### could change this to
    #### my($perl) = File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute($^X) ? "\"$^X\"
+" : "";

    my $pwd  = CPAN::anycwd();
    my $candidate = File::Spec->catfile($pwd,$^X);
    $perl ||= $candidate if MM->maybe_command($candidate);
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Re: C:\Documents is not recognised as an internal or external command, program or batchfile.
by NetWallah (Canon) on Apr 14, 2005 at 20:29 UTC

PATH

from 
   PATH=.... C:/Documents and Settings/BioGeek/Perl; ...

to
   PATH=.... C:/DOCUME~1/BioGeek/Perl; ...
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"There are only two truly infinite things. The universe and stupidity, and I'm not too sure about the universe"- Albert Einstein

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Re^2: C:\Documents is not recognised as an internal or external command, program or batchfile.

by jimbojones (Friar) on Apr 14, 2005 at 21:03 UTC

$^X

C:\Documents and Settings\jim>set PATH=C:\progra~1\perl\bin;%PATH%

C:\Documents and Settings\jim>which perl.exe
C:\progra~1\perl\bin\perl.exe
C:\Program Files\Perl\bin\\perl.exe

C:\Documents and Settings\jim>perl -e "print $^X"
C:\Program Files\Perl\bin\perl.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\jim>
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C:/progra~1/perl

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Re^3: C:\Documents is not recognised as an internal or external command, program or batchfile.

by PodMaster (Abbot) on Apr 15, 2005 at 01:16 UTC

use Win32;
use Config();
use File::Spec;
$^X = Win32::GetShortPathName($^X);
do File::Spec->catfile( $Config::Config{bin}, 'cpan.bat' );
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MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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Re: C:\Documents is not recognised as an internal or external command, program or batchfile.
by RazorbladeBidet (Friar) on Apr 14, 2005 at 18:12 UTC

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"But what of all those sweet words you spoke in private?"
"Oh that's just what we call pillow talk, baby, that's all."

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Re: C:\Documents is not recognised as an internal or external command, program or batchfile.
by jpeg (Chaplain) on Apr 14, 2005 at 18:02 UTC

~~doublequotes.~~

Update:

I'm sorry, I totally didn't read that carefully. I didn't get that the error was coming from the cpan module.

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