: Re: [Perl-unix-users] the #! construct to start perl on your
system
> Is there away to let the Perl script use whatever Perl specified in
> the PATH??
It may just be shifting the problem by one level of indirection, but I
almost always use #!/bin/env perl to start my scripts, assuming th
> Is there away to let the Perl script use whatever Perl specified in
> the PATH??
It may just be shifting the problem by one level of indirection, but I
almost always use #!/bin/env perl to start my scripts, assuming that env
is less likely to be located somewhere else by your sysadmin than perl
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
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Mahdi A. Sbeih wrote:
> 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
Mahdi A. Sbeih wrote:
> 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
hdi,
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From: "Mahdi A. Sbeih" &
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From: "Mahdi A. Sbeih" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 12:20 PM
Subject: [Perl-unix-users] the #! construct to start perl on
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> Hi there,
>
>
> I am installing now Perl 5 on my Solaris box,
>
> I am trying to under
