Re: Which Win32 distribution of Perl should I use: ActiveState, Strawberry, or both?

$ help ftype
Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations

FTYPE [fileType[=[openCommandString]]]

  fileType  Specifies the file type to examine or change
  openCommandString Specifies the open command to use when launching f
+iles
                    of this type.

Type FTYPE without parameters to display the current file types that
have open command strings defined.  FTYPE is invoked with just a file
type, it displays the current open command string for that file type.
Specify nothing for the open command string and the FTYPE command will
delete the open command string for the file type.  Within an open
command string %0 or %1 are substituted with the file name being
launched through the assocation.  %* gets all the parameters and %2
gets the 1st parameter, %3 the second, etc.  %~n gets all the remainin
+g
parameters starting with the nth parameter, where n may be between 2 a
+nd 9,
inclusive.  For example:

    ASSOC .pl=PerlScript
    FTYPE PerlScript=perl.exe %1 %*

would allow you to invoke a Perl script as follows:

    script.pl 1 2 3

If you want to eliminate the need to type the extensions, then do the
following:

    set PATHEXT=.pl;%PATHEXT%

and the script could be invoked as follows:

    script 1 2 3

$ help assoc
Displays or modifies file extension associations

ASSOC [.ext[=[fileType]]]

  .ext      Specifies the file extension to associate the file type wi
+th
  fileType  Specifies the file type to associate with the file extensi
+on

Type ASSOC without parameters to display the current file associations
+.
If ASSOC is invoked with just a file extension, it displays the curren
+t
file association for that file extension.  Specify nothing for the fil
+e
type and the command will delete the association for the file extensio
+n.
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Re^2: Which Win32 distribution of Perl should I use: ActiveState, Strawberry, or both? by Lady_Aleena (Priest) on Apr 12, 2010 at 17:59 UTC
Anonymous Monk...That was exactly what I needed. Thank you so very much for researching that for me. I knew I had to do something like that, I just couldn't remember the commands. With the solution above, I am all set up now. I just wish I knew who the saver of sanity is. *Have a nice day!* Lady Aleena	[reply]


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