Perl Scripts Not Executing

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Re: Perl Scripts Not Executing by moritz (Cardinal) on Aug 02, 2011 at 17:36 UTC
How do I associate Perl scripts with perl? Google and ActiveState are your friends here.. Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply]
Re^2: Perl Scripts Not Executing by perl.j (Pilgrim) on Aug 02, 2011 at 17:41 UTC
But the problem I am having is with files that have a ".pl" ending. perl.j-----A Newbie To Perl	[reply]
Re^3: Perl Scripts Not Executing by Anonymous Monk on Aug 02, 2011 at 18:07 UTC
But the problem I am having is with files that have a ".pl" ending. But that doesn't change anything `C:\>help ftype C:\>help assoc` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Perl Scripts Not Executing by perl.j (Pilgrim) on Aug 02, 2011 at 18:52 UTC
Re: Perl Scripts Not Executing by locked_user sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Aug 02, 2011 at 21:22 UTC
Basically, any GUI, when you click on an icon and it determines that the icon corresponds to, say, “a file that ends with `.pl`,” the GUI has to somehow know how to get that program started, or that file opened, or what-have-you. In other words, how to provide a reasonable response to “a mouse click on an icon.” Every GUI has a different way of doing it.