Re^2: Perl thinks it's the shell!

Thanks so much. I thought I was going NUTS!

In correction to my original post (since updated) it does work with callperl.exe but originally it was

!#/c/apps/pp3.exe
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and that didn't work , which added to my confusion(I should have noticed this when posting). Seeing this, I then actually started adding and deleting letters from the shebang line and got what seemed to be random results.

!#/c/apps/callperl.exe

and

!#/c/apps/callperllllll.exe
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worked but

!#/c/apps/callpe.exe
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failed

I didn't happen to think that it might be to do with the word perl

Thanks again for the quick response, You get good service here!!!

This is the second time I have come across mysterious (yes, should have read the docs) perl (related - though not perls fault) problems on windows. At first callperl.exe kept stealing spaces from my command line arguments until I realised that you need to double quote all command line parameters containing spaces. This is important for system and exec in c which call CreateProcess on windows platforms.

Matt

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Re^3: Perl thinks it's the shell! by monsieur_champs (Curate) on Jun 02, 2005 at 12:55 UTC
Fellow misterw This is a classical. :-) Just do like the emacs users do: `#!/c/apps/pp3.exe # -- perl --` This solves your problem, I guess. This solved my problems, when I was dealing with this kind'o'stuff. May the gods bless your work. -- monsieur_champs	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Perl thinks it's the shell! by omega_monk (Scribe) on Jun 02, 2005 at 11:39 UTC
`!#/c/apps/` [download] Just a typo, perhaps? `#!/c/apps/` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Perl thinks it's the shell! by misterw (Acolyte) on Jun 03, 2005 at 05:32 UTC
Yes, a typo in my post, nothing to do with the problem at hand	[reply]