RE: [SOLVED]: Errors during dmake test, after building perl 5.8.6

2005-01-05 Thread Robert Johnson
Oh, and Nick gets the points :) Nick Ing-Simmons wrote: > Robert Johnson writes: > > > >> if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') returns true, then the cmd.exe > system commands > >> will be available. > > > >Other windows system commands do work. Like > > `rename filename.txt newfile.txt` > > print `dir

[SOLVED]: Errors during dmake test, after building perl 5.8.6

2005-01-04 Thread Robert Johnson
our help, especially Sisyphus :-) Rob > -Original Message- > From: Sisyphus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 5:55 PM > Cc: Robert Johnson; > perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Errors dur

Re: Errors during dmake test, after building perl 5.8.6

2005-01-03 Thread Sisyphus
Sisyphus wrote: Even if you do have a 'type.exe' in your path, I would expect that there's some way of having `type` find the shell command rather than the executable file. Sadly, I can't find a way of achieving that - tried messing with $ENV{PATHEXT}, but that doesn't achieve the desired result

Re: Errors during dmake test, after building perl 5.8.6

2005-01-03 Thread Sisyphus
Robert Johnson wrote: Sisyphus wrote: Was that the full error statement ? Maybe there was more: sh: type: filename.txt not found No. Just "filename.txt not found" if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') returns true, then the cmd.exe system commands will be available. Other windows system commands do work. Lik

RE: Errors during dmake test, after building perl 5.8.6

2005-01-03 Thread Robert Johnson
Sisyphus wrote: > > > Was that the full error statement ? Maybe there was more: > sh: type: filename.txt not found No. Just "filename.txt not found" > if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') returns true, then the cmd.exe system commands > will be available. Other windows system commands do work. Like `re

Re: Errors during dmake test, after building perl 5.8.6

2005-01-03 Thread Sisyphus
Robert Johnson wrote: Sisyphus wrote: Robert Johnson wrote: Hmm. I tried doing a `type filename.txt`, and perl always returns "filename.txt not found" Was that the full error statement ? Maybe there was more: sh: type: filename.txt not found That's what I get when I enter the command in an MSYS

RE: Errors during dmake test, after building perl 5.8.6

2005-01-03 Thread Robert Johnson
Sisyphus wrote: > > Robert Johnson wrote: > > > > Hmm. I tried doing a `type filename.txt`, and perl always > > returns "filename.txt not found" > > > > (note: does exist in the working directory, and > > entering "type filename.txt" from the MS command window > > prompt works as designe

Re: Errors during dmake test, after building perl 5.8.6

2005-01-02 Thread Sisyphus
Erick Calder wrote: "type" is an internal command (equivalent to the unix cat) so I'm not sure you could call it like that from perl... the perl backticks are like a call to the system() which expects a program to run (actual executable file on the path), not an internal shell command. No - you can

Re: Errors during dmake test, after building perl 5.8.6

2005-01-02 Thread Sisyphus
Robert Johnson wrote: Hmm. I tried doing a `type filename.txt`, and perl always returns "filename.txt not found" (note: does exist in the working directory, and entering "type filename.txt" from the MS command window prompt works as designed) That's bizarre. Could there be some shell (ie other t

RE: Errors during dmake test, after building perl 5.8.6

2005-01-02 Thread Robert Johnson
t; Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com > Subject: Re: Errors during dmake test, after building perl 5.8.6 > > > Robert Johnson wrote: > > Here are my results: > >

Re: Errors during dmake test, after building perl 5.8.6

2005-01-02 Thread Sisyphus
Robert Johnson wrote: Here are my results: Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed --- ../ext/IO/t/io_dup.t64 66.67% 2-5 comp/multiline.t62 33.33%

Errors during dmake test, after building perl 5.8.6

2005-01-02 Thread Robert Johnson
Here are my results: Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed --- ../ext/IO/t/io_dup.t64 66.67% 2-5 comp/multiline.t62 33.33% 5-6 io/dup.t