At 05:36 PM 9/10/01 +0100, Sunthari wrote:
>Dear Sir,
>
>Neither could I find/see any significant differences
>in Windows 95. My problem is simple, if perl.exe
>resides in c:\perl\bin (the path in AUTOEXEC.BAT),
>
>1. Why I can't run the scripts from any folder (as the
>book and everyone say)?
> for e.g. c:\folder>perl cgi.pl
>
>
>2.I can only run my scripts like this :
> c:\perl\bin>perl c:\folder\cgi.pl
>
>Kindly explain to me even if it's rather a silly que.
This is not a question about Perl, it's about understanding what the PATH
on Windows 98 means. Your question would be better answered in a Windows
group.
The PATH only applies to the program you are running (perl). It does not
apply to the arguments passed to that program (in this case, the script
cgi.pl to be opened).
>Thanks again for your attention.
>
>Rgds,
>
> --- Peter Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 02:45 PM
>9/10/01 +0100, Sunthari wrote:
> > >Hi List,
> > >
> > >I have posted my problem in running scripts without
> > >going to the path where perl.exe resides.
> > >I would really really appreciate in anyone could
> > >highlight any changes to make while installing Perl
> > on
> > >Windows 98, esp. those using Perl on this platform.
> > >
> > >BTW, what do they mean by making sure the "PATH
> > >environment variable for a directory containing the
> > >perl executeable".
> >
> > See your AUTOEXEC.BAT. The ActiveState Perl install
> > should modify it
> > appropriately.
> >
> > >Care to explain to me since I can't
> > > find any information on this. Mostly the
> > explanation
> > >are for Windows NT and 95.
> >
> > I can't imagine you'll find any significant
> > difference from Win95.
> >
> > >Lastly, do you recommend me running Perl on Windows
> > >98. I mean, I'm doing a project that needs usage of
> > >several Perl Modules such as WWW::Search,
> > >HTML::Parser. Kindly highlight the possible
> > problems
> > >that I might encounter based on ur experiences.
> >
> > I haven't experienced any problems with those
> > modules on Win98. The
> > closest issue was with HTTP::Cookies which I
> > couldn't get to load from the
> > Netscape file until I stuck a \r in. (I don't
> > understand why and it didn't
> > make sense to Gisle either. If anyone else has the
> > time to look at it, let
> > me know).
> >
> > --
> > Peter Scott
> > Pacific Systems Design Technologies
> > http://www.perldebugged.com
> >
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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies
http://www.perldebugged.com
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