Shawn wrote: >> Hey learn, >> >> My MUA believes you used (X-Mailer not set) >> to write the following on Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 2:49:32 PM. >> >> lp> use #!d:\perl\bin\perl.exe -w >> >> lp> on top of your script >> >> As I recall, the #! in Windows only uses the switches (-w). >> >> So >> #!perl -w >> is the same as >> #!d:\perl\bin\perl -w >> >> Can anyone verify this? > > On Win2K, from the command line, the she-bang means absolutely nothing. > It's not until you try to run it from a server that the she-bang comes > into play... I think it is the same across all win32 platforms...
The previous op was correct. The first line is parsed for switches, unix or win32. As a side note, with unix, its only when you make the file executeable that the shebang serves any other purpose. Todd W. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]