Re: Script Generator

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my $perlpath = `which perl`;

Allow my to suggest that instead of this, you might consider...

my $perlpath = $^X;
(which should allmost allways work unless the shebang of your script is broken and they're executing it as perl create.pl ...)
File::Which -- which is more portable then `which ...`.

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Re: Script Generator by Brutha (Friar) on Jul 24, 2002 at 12:05 UTC
BTW, I love the idea. My comment on portability: As I have to work on a Windows machine, the "$^X" statement is what is working for me, there is no `which` here. Well, here is one now, but that only finds perl.exe not perl. The File::Which is working on NT, it includes a pwhich, which would do the job, but then you have a dependence on possibly not installed modules.	[reply]
Re: Re: Script Generator by Anonymous Monk on Sep 05, 2002 at 11:29 UTC
Even more portable: use Config; my $perlpath = $Config{perlpath}; This should work on all platforms without any additional modules since Config is part of the standard distribution.	[reply]

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