The two obvious guesses are:
1. perl isn't located in /usr/bin . If it's in, say, /usr/local/bin (as it
sometimes was on older systems) or in /bin, the command-line invocation will
work because it searches your PATH, but the script one won't since it has
the wrong directory.
2. "#!/usr/bin/perl" isn't the first line of the file; perhaps there is a
blank line that precedes it.
These are only guesses; for better guesses, give us more hints, such as the
actual error message that occurs when you try to execute the file.
At 08:02 PM 3/22/00 -0800, Dan Browning wrote:
>I cannot execute perl scripts ala: "./dostuff.pl", even with the correct
>#!/usr/bin/perl, and 755 permissions. I have to prepend "perl" in order to
>exec the script. Any guesses on this one?
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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