Re: Out of date over <> and 5.10

[ikegami]

This isn't related to Perl. Windows had problem with running non-executables with redirection. I thought that was a thing of the past, but I guess not. I've had no problem with WinXP and Win7 with a wide variety of ActiveState builds, but my system isn't setup in a way that allows omitting the extension. Maybe the problem lies with that feature. You might have better luck specifying the extension. If that doesn't help, you'll have to specify the executable. You also have the option of using pl2bat.

[BrowserUk]

Windows had problem with running non-executables with redirection. I thought that was a thing of the past, but I guess not.

Huh?

c:\test>type junk.pl
print while <>;

c:\test>perl junk.pl junk.pl
print while <>;

c:\test>perl junk.pl < junk.pl
print while <>;

c:\test>junk.pl junk.pl
print while <>;

c:\test>junk.pl < junk.pl
print while <>;

c:\test>junk junk.pl
print while <>;

c:\test>junk < junk.pl
print while <>;

c:\test>del junk.pl

c:\test>copy con junk.pl
print "'$_'" while <>;
^Z
        1 file(s) copied.

c:\test>type junk.pl | perl junk.pl
'print "'$_'" while <>;
'
c:\test>type junk.pl | junk.pl
'print "'$_'" while <>;
'
c:\test>type junk.pl | junk
'print "'$_'" while <>;
'

[ikegami]

Am I missing something? You say "Huh?", but you seem to not suffer from the problem either.

[BrowserUk]

You said you; "thought it was a thing of the past", indicating that it is (still?) a problem?

I think the problem--when it existed--was more a problem with the way perl assocs were set up (by AS)--not a fundamental issue with Windows redirection.