Mahdi, Question 1: I believe the ":" at the beginning of the script means "use bourne shell to execute this script.
Question 2: I don't know of any way, unless you start the script with "perl scriptname." Hope this helps, Craig > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:perl-unix- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mahdi A. Sbeih > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Perl-unix-users] the #! construct to start perl on your system > > Hi there, > > > I am installing now Perl 5 on my Solaris box, > > I am trying to understand this question that I am > being asked by Configure script: > > I can use the #! construct to start Perl on your system. This will > make startup of Perl scripts faster, but may cause problems if you > want to share those scripts and Perl is not in a standard place > (/ids/source_3rd/perl/build/Solaris2.6/bin/perl) on all your platforms. > The > alternative is to force > a shell by starting the script with a single ':' character. > > I have 2 questions: > What does using the single ':' char means.?? > Is there away to let the Perl script use whatever Perl specified in the > PATH?? > > Thanks in advance. > > > Mahdi. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Unix-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
