Re^4: Get filename of STDOUT

ActivePerl build 810 (5.8.4) gives me the following:

> perl -e "print $0"
-e
> echo print $0 >test.pl
> perl test.pl
test.pl
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5.6.1 on Linux gave me the same values for aproxamitly the same tests. (adjusting for shell differences)
Setting $0 has no noticeable effect on windows that I could see.

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Re^5: Get filename of STDOUT by gaal (Parson) on Aug 11, 2004 at 07:41 UTC
Wow, I was really sure I did see this broken on Windows, but you're right, it does work. What really doesn't happen is this name being propagated to the process list (either ctrl-shift-esc or ps if using Cygwin). Apparently the Windows kernel doesn't honor changing $0 with the same method perl does it on unix. Now that I see I was wrong, I looked this up in perlvar: `On some (read: not all) operating systems assigning to $0 modifies the argument area that the "ps" program sees. On some platforms you may have to use special "ps" options or a different "ps" to see the changes. Modifying the $0 is more useful as a way of indicating the current program state than it is for hiding the program you're running.` [download] I stand corrected!	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^5: Get filename of STDOUT
by gaal (Parson) on Aug 11, 2004 at 07:41 UTC

What really *doesn't* happen is this name being propagated to the process list (either ctrl-shift-esc or ps if using Cygwin). Apparently the Windows kernel doesn't honor changing $0 with the same method perl does it on unix.

Now that I see I was wrong, I looked this up in perlvar:

On some (read: not all) operating systems assigning
to $0 modifies the argument area that the "ps" program sees. 
On some platforms you may have to use special "ps" options
or a different "ps" to see the changes.  Modifying the $0
is more useful as a way of indicating the current program
state than it is for hiding the program you're running.
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I stand corrected!

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[d/l]