I also will do the following: Start->Settings->Control Panel->System->Advanced tab->Environment Variables button->System variables list, select and edit the PATHEXT variable, add '.PL;' to the variable string, and then click Okay on everything.
Dirk Bremer - Systems Programmer II - ESS/AMS - NISC St. Peters 636-922-9158 ext. 8652 fax 636-447-4471 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.nisc.cc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Moran, Neil (LDN Corp)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Active Perl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 06:05 Subject: RE: Dumbass question > You can use the ASSOC and FTYPE commands at the command line to associate > the .pl extension with perl.exe, and any additional parameters you may > require, for example: > > ASSOC .pl=PerlScript > FTYPE PerlScript=perl.exe %1 %* > > would allow you to invoke a Perl script as follows: > > script.pl 1 2 3 > > If you want to eliminate the need to type the extensions, then do the > following: > > set PATHEXT=.pl;%PATHEXT% > > and the script could be invoked as follows: > > script 1 2 3 > > That should do it! The above, by the way, is ruthlessly cut'n'pasted from > the output of the HELP FTYPE command. ;-) > > Neil Moran > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 22 May 2002 11:54 > To: Active Perl > Subject: Dumbass question > > > How do you make it so that you don't have to type the '.pl' extension when > running perl scripts on Win2k? > > Yes, yes, I realise I should know this... > > Evan Morris > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: +27 11 792 2777 > Fax: +27 11 792 2711 _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
