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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 06:33:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: precompiled perl?
To: Nancy McGough <nm AT ii DOT com>,
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--- Nancy McGough <nm AT NoAdsPlease DOT ii DOT com> wrote:
--8<--
> I've now downloaded, bunzipped, and untarred it and successfully run a
> perl script! Here are a couple questions: The first line of my script
> is:
> 
>  #!perl
> 
> and it works fine because perl is on my path. But, if perl weren't on
> my path, what is the best thing to put as the first line of the
> script. On my system perl is in C:\Cygnus\cygwin-b20\usr\local\bin but
> when I'm in the Cygwin bash window I'm not sure what's considered the
> root directory.
> 
> Another Q: Is it possible to send a file to a Cygwin perl script from
> within Windows Explorer. E.g., by right clicking and choosing Send To
> and having the script be one of the Send To choices. Any pointers to
> launching Cygwin stuff from within Windows would be great.
--8<--

bash$: cd /
bash$: ln -s //c/Cygnus/cygwin-b20/usr usr

perl.ps

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
...

===
"Earnie Boyd" <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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