Also PPM would not be able to install any modules because it wouldn't be able to write to the CD, but this is more of a solution for distributing a script within an organization.
-----Original Message----- From: Foo JH [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:02 PM To: Timothy Johnson Cc: Michael D. Smith; perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com Subject: Re: PERL on a CD The only downside to running (Active)Perl from a CD, is that ppm does not seem to work. Something about paths being wrong and stuff. Appreciate any solutions to this matter. Timothy Johnson wrote: > The only disadvantage to running Perl from a CD is that the file > associations would not be there, so you would have to prepend perl.exe > to your command-line to launch your script. > > perl myscript.pl > > Other than that, you can just copy your perl directory to a CD and run > it from any machine with a similar architecture. If you're going to be > redistributing scripts a lot, though, it might be worth looking into the > Perl Dev Kit from ActiveState. You can package your scripts into > executables and redistribute them without having to worry if the client > has Perl installed or not. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Michael D. Smith > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 10:32 AM > To: perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com > Subject: Re: PERL on a CD > > > Is it possible to burn PERL and a script onto a CD and execute it from > there without installing perl on the host computer? > > There would be nothing in the registry. The path to perl.exe would have > to > be included for the script to execute -- but beyond that, I'm a blank. > > Any thoughts appreciated. > > Actually, it would be unknown if PERL were installed on the host > computer > or not -- is there any way to check first? -- as it would definitely > execute quicker off the hard drive than off a CD. > > TIA > > ms > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-Users mailing list > Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-Users mailing list > Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
