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Re: executing perl from command line (cygwin)
Cool.. Thanks,
Smithesh.
"Gerrit P. Haase" wrote:
> Hallo Smithesh,
>
> Am Samstag, 5. Oktober 2002 um 01:34 schriebst du:
>
> > Hi Peter,
> > Like Mark said cygwin perl is a much better option. I use it quite often.
>
> > I think you still can execute active perl or any windows executable on
> > Cygwin.
>
> > Make sure you are escaping '\' by '/' on the directory paths. For e.g., if
> > you are trying to execute something on your windows at
> > C:\Sample\pscp.exe.
>
> > Then you will do the following on your cygwin prompt
> > admin@TMLA_SRAMACHAND ~ C:/\Sample/\pscp.exe
>
> The problem with ActiveStates Perl is that it knows nothing about
> Cygwin paths. If you want to read a file '/usr/test/text.txt' with
> ActiveState Perl you need to translate the paths to Windows syntax
> (-> 'C:\cygwin\usr\test\text.txt').
> There are tools included with Cygwin to help with this (cygpath.exe),
> but it is a pita. Cygwin Perl is linked against cygwin1.dll and all
> this translation is done automatically for you.
>
> Gerrit
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