Re^3: caller of perl script

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.

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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
$0 actually is the name of current script. $^O is the name of the operating system, and what's wrong with it is documented in perlvar. Perl 6 - links to (nearly) everything that is Perl 6.	[reply]
Re^6: caller of perl script by johngg (Canon) on Jun 11, 2010 at 17:09 UTC
No, I think you have confused `$0`, (dollar-zero) script name, with `$^O`, (dollar-caret-uppercase oh) operating system name. Cheers, JohnGG	[reply] [d/l] [select]