Re^2: caller of perl script

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Re^3: caller of perl script by moritz (Cardinal) on Jun 11, 2010 at 16:11 UTC
moritz: OP mentioned a .BAT file. Is getppid implemented on Windows? Concluding the operating system from a file extension is a fragile business. I think that mono uses `.exe` executables on linux. Also there are a lot of different systems that use .BAT - the difference between DOS 6.0 and Windows 7 are striking. Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: caller of perl script by jdrago999 (Pilgrim) on Jun 11, 2010 at 16:58 UTC
What's wrong with `$^O` ?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: caller of perl script by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 11, 2010 at 17:04 UTC
Whoops! ~~c>$^O</c> is the name of the currently running script, not the name of the thing from which it was started.~~	[reply]
Re^6: caller of perl script by moritz (Cardinal) on Jun 11, 2010 at 17:05 UTC
Re^6: caller of perl script by johngg (Canon) on Jun 11, 2010 at 17:09 UTC
Re^3: caller of perl script by Anonymous Monk on Jun 16, 2010 at 00:16 UTC
OP mentions both bat and shell, which likely means both Windows and Unix. most of the responses reference Windows. sadly, modules for Windows (e.g. Windows::...) can't be used in Unix. it's also likely that wild and crazy modules (though we love 'em) may not be an option. OP could be in a locked down environment where they've got to use what they've got.	[reply]