Hi Bill, What about the "The alternative is to force...." asked by the Configure script.
Regards, Mahdi. -----Original Message----- From: $Bill Luebkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 5:07 PM To: Mahdi A. Sbeih Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Perl-unix-users] the #! construct to start perl on your system 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 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. I would use #!/usr/bin/perl or #!/usr/local/bin/perl and put a symbolic link there to where Perl really resides. I don't think #!perl will work on UNIX (does [or did] or Win32 prior to 2.x.x Apache from command line - don't remember if it works from Apache). -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert ICQ=14439852 (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / ) /--< o // // http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (Free site for Perl) -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
