protofan@motcid.UUCP (Mike S. Protofanousis) (03/29/91)
I'm trying to make a perl script an executable script. However, it seems that ESIX does not support the #!/usr/local/bin/perl notation. I tried : use /usr/local/bin/perl and that didn't work either! When I use the ':' notation, the script is executed under normal 'sh'. For example, if I'm using csh, putting a ':' on the first line of a Bourne shell script makes it work properly. What do I need to do so that I don't have to type 'perl script' to run my perl script? No, I don't want to use an alias. Thanks. -- Mike Protofanousis msp@pronet.chi.il.us motcid!protofan@uunet.uu.net
merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz) (03/29/91)
In article <4723@cocoa7.UUCP>, protofan@motcid (Mike S. Protofanousis) writes: | What do I need to do so that I don't have to type 'perl script' to run | my perl script? No, I don't want to use an alias. This is on the manpage, as well as being (at least twice) in The Book. Put: eval '(exit $?0)' && eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}' & eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl -S $0 $argv:q' if 0; at the beginning of your program. Be sure to make the file executable (chmod +x filename). print "Just another Perl hacker," -- /=Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 ==========\ | on contract to Intel's iWarp project, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, Sol III | | merlyn@iwarp.intel.com ...!any-MX-mailer-like-uunet!iwarp.intel.com!merlyn | \=Cute Quote: "Intel: putting the 'backward' in 'backward compatible'..."====/