run perl script at startup

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Re: run perl script at startup by marto (Cardinal) on Oct 04, 2005 at 15:45 UTC
Hi, Are you calling it like "perl.exe myscript.pl" from start up? You could do that as a (windows) short cut I think. This assumes your paths are set properly. On the other hand you could could create the run at start registry key to do it. The keys concerned are listed here. Hope this helps. Martin	[reply]
Re: run perl script at startup by sauoq (Abbot) on Oct 04, 2005 at 15:45 UTC
Sounds like maybe the .pl extension (or whatever you are using) just isn't associated with the perl interpreter? -sauoq "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";	[reply]
Re: run perl script at startup by blazar (Canon) on Oct 04, 2005 at 15:49 UTC
I think that the under (at least) cmd.exe setting the .pl association appropriately will do. More portable would be a shortcut pointing to `"wperl.exe myscript.pl"` or even `"C:\path\to\wperl.exe myscript.pl"`. I say "wperl" because that binary won't open a terminal, which would be mostly annoying. Update: I just realized you didn't include info about whether your script is GUI based or not. In the latter case you don't want wperl.exe; in the former you probably do...	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: run perl script at startup by spiritway (Vicar) on Oct 05, 2005 at 05:46 UTC
Do your Perl scripts (files ending in .pl) show some sort of perlish icon when you list them using Windows Explorer? If not - if you get the generic icon, instead of something unique, then chances are you don't have that extension associated with Perl. To do this you'll need to go into Windows Explorer, select the Tools menu, and then select "Folder Options...". When you've got that dialog box up, choose the "File Types" tab. Search for the file extension ".pl". Most likely you won't find it. If you don't, then select the "New" button and create that association. You'll need to know where perl lives on the computer, in order to enter the path here. Once you've got your extensions associated with perl, then you should be able to run your scripts from startup. Just wondering - did you install your perl using Activestate's distribution? That should have made all your associations for you, unless somehow you decided not to allow this. If you installed perl yourself, you might want to consider using the Activestate distribution, because it has some useful conveniences like the perl package manager (ppm).	[reply]
Re^2: run perl script at startup by blazar (Canon) on Oct 05, 2005 at 08:33 UTC
Just wondering - did you install your perl using Activestate's distribution? That should have made all your associations for you, unless somehow you decided not to allow this. Also, it includes detailed instructions on how to set up associations correctly, in case you didn't allow it to do that in the first place or to set up additional ones. I remember having done so to associate `'.wpl'` to `wperl.exe` (for pTk scripts).	[reply] [d/l] [select]