Re^2: Choose your own Adventure - for Perl & Windows

... but it's right there:

# Automatically start a webbrowser to http://localhost:$CFG{'MYPORT'}
if($0 =~/.exe$/i){
    system("start","http://localhost:$CFG{'MYPORT'}");
}
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And it starts any default OS browser defined by the user currently logged in (user friendly!)

/joke Yes... a typo... should I fix the text or leave it in?

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Re^3: Choose your own Adventure - for Perl & Windows by afoken (Chancellor) on Apr 12, 2017 at 13:39 UTC
`# Automatically start a webbrowser to http://localhost:$CFG{'MYPORT'} if($0 =~/.exe$/i){ system("start","http://localhost:$CFG{'MYPORT'}"); }` [download] That won't work on Linux, *BSD, other Unixes (and yes, `.exe` is a legal file extension for a perl script on any Unix). The following code fragment correctly identifies Windows, and also starts the web browser if you run the bare perl script: `if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') { system("start","http://localhost:$CFG{'MYPORT'}"); }` [download] Yes... a typo... should I fix the text or leave it in? You could use `<strike></strike>`. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Choose your own Adventure - for Perl & Windows
by afoken (Chancellor) on Apr 12, 2017 at 13:39 UTC

# Automatically start a webbrowser to http://localhost:$CFG{'MYPORT'}
if($0 =~/.exe$/i){
    system("start","http://localhost:$CFG{'MYPORT'}");
}
[download]

That won't work on Linux, *BSD, other Unixes (and yes, .exe is a legal file extension for a perl script on any Unix).

The following code fragment correctly identifies Windows, and also starts the web browser if you run the bare perl script:

if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
    system("start","http://localhost:$CFG{'MYPORT'}");
}
[download]

Yes... a typo... should I fix the text or leave it in?

You could use <strike></strike>.

Alexander

--
Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)

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