Re: running a script from Windows Desktop

in reply to running a script from Windows Desktop

I'm guessing you mean on Windows. On my Win98 laptop :

right click on the desktop to pop up a menu, select NEW>>>SHORTCUT
In the text box type in the command line to be invoked,
OR
use the browse button to visually find the script / Perl binary.
Type the additional command line arguments.
Click NEXT
Provide a name for the link.
Click FINISH

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Re: Re: running a script from Windows Desktop by Anonymous Monk on Mar 08, 2004 at 23:02 UTC
I have Windows XP and I tried doing that. But it opens up in Notepad (the shortcut does) instead of executes in the command window as my script needs to. I have ActivePerl installed. How can I make a perl file execute in CMD?	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: running a script from Windows Desktop by Crian (Curate) on Mar 09, 2004 at 11:18 UTC
I guess you have to call the perl interpreter (with absolute path) and your script as parameter. So do I in my Icons under Win2k. HTH	[reply]

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