Re: #!perl Question

You need to specifyt the full path to perl, since $ENV{PATH} isn't used in this circumstance. You could use #!/usr/bin/env perl to search using $ENV{PATH}. (Note: I hear that path to env (/usr/bin) is not the same on all systems, rendering it somewhat useless.)

Update: Clarified to avoid confusion of between a file's path and the environment variable.

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Re^2: #!perl Question by itub (Priest) on Oct 03, 2005 at 18:52 UTC
Then we just need a program called "envfinder" to find the path to "env": `#!/usr/bin/envfinder env perl` And if you want to make sure that it works even in systems that put envfinder in nonstandard locations: `#!/usr/bin/envfinderfinder envfinder env perl`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: #!perl Question by perrin (Chancellor) on Oct 03, 2005 at 18:18 UTC
That's what I use and it has worked on Red Hat and Debian systems with no trouble.	[reply]
Re^2: #!perl Question by thor (Priest) on Oct 03, 2005 at 18:19 UTC
Note: I hear that env's path is not the same on all systems, rendering it somewhat useless. From what I understand, env uses your own environment, so if your $PATH is different between systems, env's notion of it will be different, too. thor `Feel the white light, the light within Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will For all of us waiting, your kingdom will come`	[reply]
Re^3: #!perl Question by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 03, 2005 at 18:23 UTC
I was refering to the path to `env` (`/usr/bin`), not the environment variable.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: #!perl Question by crusty_collins (Friar) on Oct 03, 2005 at 18:45 UTC
Thank you all for the insight. SOLUTION : Since I am running my scripts from a filer that has OS specific mounts for each machine. I think I will just use perl from there. ( /Net/filer/$OS/local/bin/perl) Seems to work just fine!	[reply]