NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/lang/perl/7709

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Path: sparky!uunet!nevada.edu!jimi!dawkins.cs.unlv.edu!grover
From: [e-mail] (Kevin Grover)
Subject: Re: How to run a Perl under DOS?
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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 19:41:56 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Ian Phillipps) writes:
)
) I've recently moved over to this idiom:
)
)     @rem = '
)     some dos batch commands
)     PERL -S %0.BAT %1 %2 %3 (etc)
)     GOTO ENDOFPERL
)     ';
)     # your perl script here
)     __END__
)     :ENDOFPERL
)     some more DOS if you need it
)     rem Drop through end of Batch file
)

They best i've found to call PERL, is from 4DOS.  Add this line to
your autoexec.bat file:
    set .PL=C:\BIN\PERL.EXE        (or where ever your exe lives)

Then, any file ending in .PL is automatically a executable perl
script.  The benefit of this is that redirection on the command line
works (it's pretty flaky w/ batch files).

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