--- Timothy Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The diamond operator works fine without escaping > your backslashes, but I > recommend putting quotes around your arguments. The > following works > just fine for me: > > c:\> while.pl "c:\documents and > settings\username\desktop\file.txt" > > > If you want to use the less-than operator (or a > pipe), then you have to > explicitly state that you are using perl.exe. > cmd.exe can't derive > implicitly the program you are invoking via the > extension. > > For example: > > c:\> perl.exe while.pl < "..\myfile.txt"
Thank you, Timothy. I tested a simple "type" program on a test file located on c: and another drive and it behaved exactly as you said. I couldn't find any documentation mentioning that adding "perl.exe" before the program and file name is a necessary condition to get pipes and command-line files to work with <STDIN>. This seems like it would be an important thing to know for anyone as green as myself. Adam -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
