Try: perl -v (lower case v) it should respond with the versioning information. That will tell you if it's ready to go. Then -h for help with more options. If you can't get a response with -v... uninstall, restart and re-install. clp -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lee Goddard Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 1:29 PM To: James D Carella; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Please Help! Have you checked that Perl has been added to your system path? In Win2k, use the Environment Variable button on right-clicking the My Computer icon. In Win95/98, edit your autoexec.bat and add SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\perl\bin where C:\perl\bin is the path to your perl\bin. You can then type perl C:\myfile.pl at the command line and it should work, provided C:\myfile.pl is there.... hth Lee At 20:10 23/01/2031 -0500, James D Carella wrote: >Hello, > Can someone help me please? I am definitely starting out in the >programming thing and I am trying and learning Perl. I have downloaded >the newest version and to my knowledge it has been installed correctly. >What I need help with is the DOS command line part of a simple script. I >will write the script in Notepad and then save it correctly. When I go >to open it in the DOS command prompt it wont work and it just keeps on >saying something like "Bad command or file name". I can't seem to just >run it in the DOS command prompt and when I find the file in Microsoft >Explorer and double-click it it seems to run by opening a DOS window and >flashing quickly the script that I wrote in Notepad. So I have said all >that to say this; that is it supposed to flash that DOS window with the >script in it? And also please tell me what to do with running it from >the DOS command line. For anyone' s information, I am using a tutotial >from programmingtutorials.com under Perl tutorials. It is the first >tutorial and it is titled something like "Robert's Perl Tutorial". Sorry >to be so detailed. This the only way to ask for help. E-mail me back at >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sincerely, > > > James Carella > > >_______________________________________________ >Perl-Win32-Users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/activeperl
