>>>>> "jason" == jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
jason> In the bryar distribution, i write out a bryar-newblog script that sets up a jason> blog in the current directory. There is a bug filed on rt.cpan.org about this jason> script's reliance on /usr/bin/perl. jason> I am nearly always using a custom compiled perl in /usr/local/bin/perl so this jason> bites me as well. What i would like to do is be able to write this out jason> according to whichever perl the user is building the distribution under. jason> I see this at the top of prove: jason> ----------------------------------------------------- jason> #!/usr/local/bin/perl jason> eval 'exec /usr/local/bin/perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}' jason> if $running_under_some_shell; jason> #!/usr/bin/perl -w "prove" got "installed", which meant that the shbang line was rewritten during installation to be your favorite Perl. I believe what you are looking for can be obtained as: use Config; print $Config{startperl}, $/; Or maybe "perlpath" instead. Look at both of them, see what you need. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!