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in thread Running Perl with Cygwin

Final Question: I can run the perl file from the cygwin build of bash only if I am in the correct directory by using the following: 

./test.pl

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However, when I try to use the absolute path (i.e. /cygdrive/c/test_error/test.pl) in cygwin I get the below message: 

No such file or directory

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It appears that the interpreter (ActivePerl) does not like the directory format from cygwin. Is there a way for the bash shell to send the directory data to the interpreter in a format that it will except?

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Re^3: Running Perl with Cygwin
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 24, 2009 at 20:16 UTC
    If I were to guess as to what's happening, when cygwin tries to execute /cygdrive/c/test_error/test.pl, it notices the shebang line (#!/cygdrive/c/Perl/bin/perl.exe) and executes the following instead: 
    /cygdrive/c/Perl/bin/perl.exe /cygdrive/c/test_error/test.pl

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    Cygwin has no problem problem understanding /cygdrive/c/Perl/bin/perl.exe, but ActivePerl is not a cygwin application, so it can't open /cygdrive/c/test_error/test.pl.

    The simplest solution would be to use your cygwin build of Perl when launching scripts from a cygwin application (like bash).

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Re^3: Running Perl with Cygwin
by roboticus (Chancellor) on Jun 25, 2009 at 16:03 UTC
    cocl04:

    You might want to read the cygpath documentation. It's a cygwin tool that converts between Unix and Windows style paths.

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      Looks like for Cygwin Perl default installation it will not install Perl but use the existing Perl installation which I have i.e Strawberry Perl. To install Cygwin Perl, you must change Perl () Default" to change it to "Perl () Install"
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      Check out this URL for pointers on how to use cygwin perl and AS perl together. http://www.cs.unc.edu/~jeffay/dirt/FAQ/cygwin-perl.html
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