Re^3: Can files with extension ".command" on MacOSX be perl scripts? What is a way to let users execute Perl scripts on macosx from Finder?

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I'll have to give that a try, merlyn, but if we're missing a mechanism akin to the shell $0 argument, it'll be hard to make a single generic AppleScript that chains over to a number of Perl behaviors.

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Re^4: Can files with extension ".command" on MacOSX be perl scripts? What is a way to let users execute Perl scripts on macosx from Finder? by merlyn (Sage) on Feb 14, 2005 at 21:51 UTC
You can get "the path to me" in applescript. With the right massage, that's the path to the application. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]

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