http://perldoc.perl.org/perlvar.html#$OSNAME
$^O or "use English" and $OSNAME will tell you a little more than what you're trying to do. What you're trying kind of reminds me of how Javascript'ers figure out the browser or XHR call they need. As far as the shebang line (#!...), you're right, that doesn't work in Windows. But, you can always run your Perl code from the command line by explicitly calling perl. Example: "%> perl myscript.pl". That works no matter the OS you're using. Under Windows, you can optionally associate files with .pl extensions with the perl.exe executable. That shouldn't be too hard to figure out in your windows explorer: just double click a .pl file. Windows associations also work from the command line. Although, if you're running your scripts as cgi scripts under apache on Windows, you can do both the shebang line or windows file extension associations. Just check out your apache configuration file.... Just to let you know, your question was posted to mailing list for the Win32-GUI module, so it wasn't really topical for this mailing list. If you have any other questions regarding running Perl under windows or unix, they would be better addressed in a different mailing list. Activestate hosts a bunch like perl-win32-users or perl-unix-users. See: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Perl/Mail/ Thanks, Charles Alderman Quoting Gary Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi All, > > I need to port my Perl script from Unix to Windows. Can someone > tell me how to figure out which platform I am on? i.e. I need to > know which Perl command can help me determin the platform. Once I > know the platform, I'll code my script as the example bellow. But, > how to figure out I am on Windows or Unix? > > if ($usingUNIX) > { > $directory = `ls`; #UNIX version. > $copyCommand = `cp`; #UNIX version. > } > else > { > $directory = `dir`; #Win32 version. > $copyCommand = `COPY`; #Win32 version. > } > > > Second question: > The UNIX #!/usr/bin/perl notation does not work with Perl scripts > on Windows. How should I code if it is Unix I place > "#!/usr/bin/perl" at the very first line of the script? But, I do > not place it at the first line of code if it is not Unix? How should > I do it? > > Your answers are greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks, > > > Gary > > > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/
