in reply to Re^2: Activerperl permissions error win 7 64 bit vanilla install
in thread Activerperl permissions error win 7 64 bit vanilla install

 E:\>perl>hello2.pl

You're overwriting hello2.pl

You're supposed to type     perl hello2.pl

perl as in perl.exe or C:\perl\bin\perl.exe or c:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe ...

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